LPA & Lawrence NAACP Announce 2nd Black History Walking Tour

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Black History Walking Tour #2 - Historic Pinkney Neighborhood

Sunday, Oct.12 and Sunday, Nov.2

1:30-3:00 PM

Lawrence Preservation Alliance and the Lawrence NAACP Branch are excited to present a ten-block guided walking tour through Pinkney Neighborhood. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Black history in our Lawrence community. The tour will begin in front of Pinckney School at 810 W. 6th Street; end at 5th and Mississippi Streets, and feature select homes and stories on the 500 block of Louisiana and 400 blocks of Indiana and Illinois streets. Special guests will speak in front of Pinckney School, 520 Louisiana (the Jessie and Frances B. Dillard House), and 401 Indiana (the Frank and Alice Meyers House, which nationally known entertainer and producer George Walker had built for his mother Alice). Limited seating will be available for each ten-minute presentation. Guests will receive a special written handout with historic information to take home and save.

Along the route, historian Jeanne Klein, NAACP president Ursula Minor, architecture professor Amy Van de Riet and LPA tour producer Dennis Brown will share contextual insights within the tour area with our guests.

In the fall of 2023, LPA/Lawrence NAACP Black History Walking Tour # 1 successfully covered an area of East Lawrence from 12th and 14th Streets to Connecticut and Pennsylvania Streets. Our group is excited to be back with this new production in a second neighborhood! Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to experience and learn this important Lawrence community history!

 Tour Dates:

  • Sunday, October 12

  • Sunday, November 2

 Time: 1:30 to 3 PM

Tickets: $10 per person

Tickets must be purchased in advance. We can accommodate 25 guests per tour.

Meet in front of Pinckney School, 810 W. 6th Street

Park on the west side of Mississippi in the 500 block (stay clear of the fire hydrant!) or in the adjacent small parking lot on school grounds.