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🌟 Discover Charlotte's Rich Black Heritage with the Oldest and Most Authentic Tour in the Queen City! 🌟
Step back in time and explore the deep-rooted history of Charlotte with the QCT Charlotte Black/African-American Heritage Toursm—the original tour that has been showcasing the city's vibrant Black history since 1993. As the only tour company in Charlotte with a Trademark, we offer an unparalleled, authentic experience that you won’t find anywhere else.
🚍 What's included?
100+ Historic Sites:
Our tour covers over one hundred significant locations, from historic Black neighborhoods in Uptown to the iconic suburbs that shaped Charlotte’s African-American culture.
Iconic Landmarks:
Visit Johnson C. Smith University (our historic HBCU), the legendary Excelsior Club Site that once hosted legends like Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, and James Brown, and the oldest Black congregation at Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church.
Influential Figures:
See where civil rights leader Dr. Reginald Hawkins lived and discover the former homes of Black icons such as Michael Jordan (The G.O.A.T.), Sam Mills, Cam Newton, and Julius Peppers (N.F.L. Carolina Panthers), and even a Black billionaire (Mr. Robert L. Johnson, B.E.T.).
250+ Years of History:
Our standard 3-hour tour dives deep into over 250 years of Charlotte’s rich history, offering you a comprehensive understanding of the Queen City’s evolution.
🕒 Time Permitting Stops:
Explore additional hidden gems as we make two stops (MLK Statue, Settler's Cemetery or Refreshments and/or Souvenirs [subject to availability) along the way to fully immerse you in Charlotte's historical narrative.
- John McDonald's Cafeteria Site
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Historic Excelsior Club Site
- Dr. Reginald Hawkins
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Old Brooklyn Neighborhood
- Queen Charlotte
- Mr. Robert L. Johnson
- Michael Jordan
- Sam Mills
- Julius Peppers
- Cam Newton
Extended Tours! (Links Coming Soon!)
4-Hours (Lunch or Site Stop) | Full Day (8 Hours; Tour plus Carowinds Theme Park, Charlotte Museum of History, Cookout, Farm Tour, QCT Charlotte Pilgrimage Tour) | Day Trips (Charleston, SC, Greensboro Slavery to Civil Rights Tour, Wine Tasting)
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Berlinda Tolbert
b.k.a. Jenny from The Jeffersons
"Just want to thank you again for helping to make my mother's little outing w/her friends special. She is still talking about it! And so are her friends.
I plan to remember you!"
Chip Hammonds
"My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed our Black Pilgrimage Tour. We saw many historic sites and gained a better understanding of the history of the Hornets Nest, Reginald Hawkins, and many other historic information of the Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County."
Elaine H.
"You do such a great, great, job. I brought so many of my friends and I will continue….I will encourage everyone to come down and enjoy Queen City Tours."
Books By Popular Demand
Learn more detailed information on the intriguing history of the Queen City!
Charlotte From A Tour Guide's Perspective!
This book reads and unfolds just as our tours have been conducted thousands of times since 1993 in Uptown/Downtown/Center City Charlotte. The two early suburbs of Dilworth and Myers Park are covered in the book More Charlotte From A Tour Guide’s Perspective to the right.
More Charlotte From A Tour Guide's Perspective!
Ride along on a tour of the Queen City as we discover and uncover the good, bad, and surprising nuggets of Charlotte's history as it relates to North Carolina, the United States, and England. This edition covers the Dilworth/South End (oldest) and Myers Park (old money) suburbs developed in the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Black Charlotte From A Tour Guide's Perspective!
An unforgettable tour/journey into Charlotte's "rich" Black heritage to include the good, the bad, and surprising nuggets of Queen City History dating back to the 18th Century until 2018. This book unfolds in the same fashion as the QCT Charlotte Black/African-American Heritage Tour created in 1992 and may cause you to laugh, cry, rejoice, reflect, wonder, disagree, or get angry.
Queen Charlotte to Meghan Markle!
Before Meghan Markle's recent disclosure of Racism in the Royal family of England during her sit down with media mogul Oprah Winfrey, there once lived a Queen who experienced some of the same indifference long before this age of Regular and Cable TV and Social Media! #meghanmarkle #queencharlotte #oprahwinfrey #racism #royalfamily #england
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