https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/black-history-tour-key-west-1235619537/
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“This tour is unlike anything else in Key West.”
“Arida Wright’s Island Cultural Tours is a one-woman operation, the only guided tour about Black history in Key West.”
““This is the Douglass Community Center,” Wright says as she parks the van in front of a low-slung off-white building.”
“The diver, dressed in a multicolored African-print dress with a matching headwrap, rolls down the window.”
“That company, which currently controls all such licenses in Key West, is Historic Tours of America (HTA).”
““I’ll have to do y’all in the shadows,” she tells the group of six tourists climbing into the van.”
“Bahama Village is a historically Black neighborhood of approximately 1,800 residents, with a storied history.”
““ Welcome ladies and gentlemen…” Moments later, a rental van pulls up.”
“Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group/Getty Images OVER ON ONE OF THE HTA-RUN trolleys, customers are getting a very different lesson about the area’s Black history.”
“She reflects on the support she found in writing workshops here in Key West, especially one run by a previous poet laureate, Flower Conroy.”
“The pillars surrounding the memorial, she explains, share messages of African spirituality, like sankofa , meaning “return and get it.” Trending Stories Sean Ono Lennon Confirms Birth of Baby Boy, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s First Grandchild Dolly Parton ‘Laid to Rest’ After Private Funeral, Family Says Dolly Parton’s Sister Stella Honors Singer: ‘Dolly Loved the World and Everyone in It’ Melinda French Gates Doubles Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Donation to $20 Million Wright has persisted in returning to her roots and bringing that message forward with tours for her community.”
““The AC is broken, so windows down, everybody,” she says while peeling away from the curb en route to the first stop: Bahama Village.”
“The cheerful voice of a guide on a mic booms through the open-air cab of each old-timey bus.”
“Ed Swift III, a Key West native, along with Chris Belland, rebuilt the Duval Street area downtown.”
“A close friend, Shamele Jenkins, told Wright, “You’re the one to do tours in Key West about the African cemetery.”
“The ghost story-themed tour, which centers the paranormal tales of Key West, includes a stop at Higgs Beach.”
“The tour guide, a man dressed up as a friar, walks over to the small memorial site.”
“Kaufman says that’s an unfair advantage.”
“Writing, particularly poetry, for Wright is a form of channeling the spiritual realm and connecting with her inner self.”
“The crash of waves plays out as Wright delivers her poem, “Ancestors on the Beach,” an ode to those buried underneath the tourists’ feet.”
“Why can't she obtain the proper license?”