Black History Holiday Lights Boat Tour – Refreshments at 3pm, Boat departs at 4pm

Join us at 3:00pm on our back patio at 218 S. Presa for a delightful array of holiday refreshments prior to our boat’s departure! After refreshments, our boat trip will begin in La Villita on the beautiful San Antonio River for a 90 minute cruise exploring San Antonio ‘s Black History and the holiday lights that adorn the Riverwalk. We will then travel north through the Museum Reach to the Pearl and back downtown to the Alamo, Convention Center and back to La Villita. You will be surprised at the continued African American influence in San Antonio. No professional video or photography allowed on the boat tour without prior approval. The SAAACAM Black History Boat Tour is suitable for those able to remain seated for at least 2 hours.

Co-presented by the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past Initiative, as part of their National Conversation on Race series. 

The National Conversation on Race: San Antonio program is a collaboration among the Asian Texans for Justice, American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM), the DoSeum, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio African American Community Archive Museum (SAAACAM), the Witte Museum, and the Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past.