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Bike Tour with the Consulate of Switzerland in Atlanta

Name: Bike Tour with the Consulate of Switzerland in Atlanta
Start: 2022-02-20T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2022-02-20T17:30:00-05:00
Location: King National Park- Parking lot

February 20, 2022 at 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Civil Bikes in partnership with the Consulate General of Switzerland in Atlanta are offering bike tours to celebrate Black History Month.

Sunday, February 20, 1:30 PM meet up, roll 2- 4:30 PM

Black History Month Bike Tour, offers engagement of the rich Black heritage in the Atlanta landscape. Much of the sites holding the histories and rich contributions connected to Black Atlanta are hidden. These rides will put these narratives into context and share their significance.

Two Bike Tours to choose from:

Adventurous Bike Tour (Locations: Sweet Auburn, West End, Washington Park) (11 miles)

This tour travels across town beginning in Sweet Auburn, transversing downtown, over to the west side anchored by Washington High, the first public high school serving Black Atlantans opening in 1924. The tour will end with a ride back to Sweet Auburn will a stop downtown.

Shorter Bike Tour (Locations: Sweet Auburn and Downtown (Capitol and Five Points) (5 miles)

The shorter bike tour will loop from Sweet Auburn, up to the Capitol through downtown and back to Sweet Auburn.

Meet & Greet

The bike tours will regroup and conclude with a Meet & Greet at WERD/ Madame CJ Walker Museum. Visitors are welcome to visit the museum, see artifacts accocited with the radio station and the hair salon industry, and listen to music from the era WERD radio station was on the air!

Riders will receive warm beverages served by Bean in the Borough.

*Alternate date, Sunday, February 27, 2022. An email will go out the night before if the date has been changed.

*Dress warmly.