HARLEM TOUR

The Harlem Tour brought The Road We Came uptown during the Harlem Renaissance. This tour radiated out from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and covered the hallowed ground trod by the seminal figures of mid-20th century Black arts and culture in America.

This tour featured music and texts by Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds, Julia Johnson Davis, Langston Hughes, Florence Price, J. Rosamond Johnson, James Weldon Johnson, William Grant Still, and John W. Work

START: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at 515 Malcolm X Blvd

END: James Williams House at 226 W 138th St

Distance Walked: 2.5 Miles 

Full Experience with Musical Performances: Approximately 90 minutes

Subway Stations near Start: W 135th St (2, 3); W 135th St (A, B, C)

Subway Stations near End: W 135th St (2, 3); W 135th St (A, B, C)

Public Restrooms near the Tour Route: Inside St. Nicholas Playground at the corner of W. 133rd St. & St. Nicholas Ave