Paris: Black History Walking Tour of the Latin Quarter & Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Walk through the Latin Quarter and Saint-Germain-des-Prés
and discover the Black history of Paris

Meet your English-speaking guide at Square René Viviani and walk along the Left Bank. Follow stories connecting Africa, the Caribbean and the United States, and learn how Black excellence, resistance and intellectual revolution shaped the identity of Paris. The tour focuses on hidden corners of the Latin Quarter rather than crowded tourist spots.

Visit the Présence Africaine bookshop and Café Tournon

Stop by Présence Africaine, the historic bookshop of Black writers and a center of the decolonization movement. You will also visit Café Tournon, frequented by James Baldwin, Langston Hughes and others who came to Paris to escape segregation. The Panthéon, Café Tournon and the bookshop are visited from the outside.

Hear the stories of key figures at the Panthéon and Luxembourg Gardens

Hear the story of Josephine Baker, Resistance hero and the first Black woman laid to rest in the Panthéon, France's national mausoleum. In the Luxembourg Gardens, learn about the intellectual revolution sparked by Paulette Nardal, the influence of Aimé Césaire and Léopold Senghor, who led the Négritude movement, and Severiano de Heredia, the first Black mayor of Paris.

※ The itinerary is for reference and may change depending on local conditions.