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"In Paris, I used to build my castles in the air."
                    Countee Cullen

"It was an introduction to a history most of us did not know.  Thank you for providing this opportunity for the children." 
      Parent accompanying The Roots of Unique Awareness school choir, Oakland CA.

Christmas on the Champs-Elysées

Walking the Spirit Tours

We Recommend

            Black Paris Resources

Paris Soirees
A 21st century Salon bringing Americans in Paris together with Ex-pats, hip French and the International Community.

Cafe de la Soul
What's hot in Black Paris

Insider Guide to Black Paris
Hair, food, clothes, clubs - everything you need to find them all. Compiled by an African-American Parisian.

Black Travels.com
Share tried-and-true insights with black travellers.

UGoGurl
The world of African-American travel and travel writing


          The Scoop on Paris

Paris Notes
A fascinating monthly written by and for people who love Paris.

Paris Update newsletter
What's happening in Paris right now -news, events, music, movies, art.

               Films

'The Price of the Ticket' from the book by Karen Thorsen.
A wonderful documentary on James Baldwin with great Paris footage. Through California Newsreel.

'Black Boy' - PBS documentary on Richard Wright.  Unprecedented images of Wright in  Paris and Normandy.

'Jazz' by Ken Burns. See the 369th Harlem Infantry Regiment in World War I France, Sidney Bechet, Josephine Baker, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker performing in Paris and more.

                     Read All About It

From Harlem To Paris - Black Americans in Paris 1870-1960, by Professor Michel Fabre.
The ultimate indepth reference on Black expatriates by the man who created the Centre for Black Studies at the Sorbonne.

Paris Noir - African-Americans in the City of Light, Tyler Stovall, UCBerkeley
A comprehensive look at black Americans' historical affection for Paris in the 20th century. 

Josephine Baker in Art and Life : The Icon and the Image,  Bennetta Jules-Rosette.
This is "not a biography" but an exploration of "the complex construction of Baker's multiple images in art and life."

                 Other Great Links

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