Black History Tour of Athens County

Start your Juneteenth celebration with a Black History Tour of Athens County! Join local experts from the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center for the Heritage Square Tour in Uptown Athens on Thursday morning, followed by an opportunity to visit the Tablertown People of Color Museum in the afternoon before returning to College Green for the Juneteenth Festival!

The uptown walking tour begins at Baker Center, travels up Court Street to the Mount Zion Baptist Church on Carpenter Street, then back up Congress Street before culminating back at Baker Center. Participants will have a break for lunch uptown on their own, and vans will depart for Tablertown at 12:15PM.