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B M & T ••• January/February 2024 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 33 annual visitors coming from destinations outside of the U.S. In July of 2023 at Charleston, South Carolina's Gadsden's Wharf – one of the nation's most prolif- ic former slave trading ports, the International African American Museum opened its doors to the public. Dr. Tonya Matthews, the museum's presi- dent and CEO states "IAAM strives not only to provide a space for all visitors to celebrate and con- nect to this history, to these stories, and to this art, but also to find meaning within their own stories." Whether following the trail of enslaved Black Americans at the Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati Ohio, reliving the life of a sports icon who for the latter part of the 20th century was iden- tified as the most recognizable American in the world, at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY, honoring the legacy of the famed "Red Tails" World War II Black fighter pilots at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit, MI, or learning about the making of a President at the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side (scheduled to open in 2025), America is inviting the world to learn about its 250 year journey and the contributions from people of African descent. Follow their footsteps... or forge a new path. YOU'REWELCOME From the Underground Railroad to Green Book sites to Civil Rights sit-ins, Greensboro is proudly home to some of history's bravest and best. If you're a history buff or history maker, you're welcome to find your place in Greensboro. VISITGREENSBORONCCOM International Civil Rights Center & Museum