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The Black Experience
American Airlines presents BLACK HISTORY
Fly/Drive Tours

MANY SCENES OF INTEREST FOR BLACK HISTORY BUFFS IN NEW YORK STATE
If you're a visitor to the state of New York, take a tip from American Airlines: discover Black history.

In Albany one can literally see history as it was written. The New York State Library there has the original draft of Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation issued in September, 1862.

In Rochester, there's the Frederick Douglass Monument, dedicated by Gov. Theodore Roosevelt in 1899. Douglass, born into slavery in Maryland, escaped to freedom in 1838 and settled in Rochester in 1847. However the great abolitionist spent the last 13 years of his life in Washington, D.C. He died in 1895.

[[image - black and white photograph of a statue of W. C. Handy]]
[[caption]] MUSICIAN'S MEMORIAL. A major Black historic sight in Memphis is the W. C. Handy statue, erected in a park named in honor of the noted musician and composer. [[/caption]]

[[image - black and white photograph showing a man pointing to the marker at the spot where Rev. Martin Luther King died]]
[[caption]] WHERE A MARTYR FELL. A plaque on the door of room 306 at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis marks the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. [[/caption]]

[[image - black and white photograph of monument to Dr. Martin Luther King]]
[[caption]] SALUTE TO A LEADER. A monument in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King stands at Amsterdam Ave. and 66th St. in New York City. The impressive memorial is one of several Black historic sights in the city. [[/caption]]

[[image - black and white photograph of three people standing at the Tom Lee Memorial. Words on the memorial: 
TOM LEE MEMORIAL
A VERY WORTHY NEGRO
TOM LEE WITH HIS BOAT "ZEV" SAVED THIRTY-TWO LIVES WHEN THE STEAMER U.S. NORMAN SANK ABOUT TWENTY MILES BELOW MEMPHIS MAY 8, 1925 * BUT HE HAS A FINER MONUMENT THAN THIS - AN INVISIBLE ONE * A MONUMENT OF KINDLINESS, GENEROSITY, COURAGE, AND BIGNESS OF HEART * HIS GOOD DEEDS WERE SCATTERED EVERY WHERE THAT DAY AND INTO ETERNITY.
THIS MONUMENT ERECTED BY THE GRATEFUL PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS.]]

[[image - black and white photo of an African American family]]
[[caption]] MARKS HEROIC DEED. A Black history tour of Memphis includes the Tom Lee Memorial at the foot of Beale St. on the riverbank. The monument commemorates a Black man who saved 32 lives after a boating mishap on May 8, 1925. [[/caption]]