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This  plaque adorns an apartment building where legendary African-American author Richard Wright lived in Paris from 1948 to 1959. It's one of the sites you'll see during a Walking the Spirit Tour. /Maureen Jenkins photo1
  • This  plaque adorns an apartment building where legendary African-American author Richard Wright lived in Paris from 1948 to 1959. It's one of the sites you'll see during a Walking the Spirit Tour. /Maureen Jenkins photo
  • Stevenson, founder of Black Paris Tours, brings the history of African-Americans in Paris to life.
  • Waterparks like the ones at Wisconsin Dells offer a respite from the oppressive summer temperatures the country has been experiencing. /Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau
  • Horseback riding along the shore provides a great view of American Beach.
  • Martha's Hideaway is on historic American Beach. Several other beaches provided vacation spots for Blacks during segregation. / Photo: Rosalind Cummings-Yeates
  • Tai Derrow, left, of Houston, Shaena Wilson, center, of Orlando, and Sprano Samuels, of Houston,  drink coconut water while they enjoy their Memorial Day weekend in the South Beach section of Miami, Beach, Fla., Friday, May 28, 2010. /AP Photo/Alan Diaz
  • Photos by Miki Turner
  • Michelle Obama and local student./Associated Press photo

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