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Lou Fields is the co-founder and President of the Baltimore African American Tourism Council of MD, Inc. and the Maryland African American Tourism Alliance. Working with co-founder the late Steven Pace, Errol E. Brown, Sr. and other supporters, since 1996 the Council continues to serve as a nonprofit, educational and tourism advocacy organization which has been active in the preservation and tourism community.

The Council’s mission “is to educate research, preserve, protect and promote Maryland’s African American History & Culture as a vital and beneficial product as part of the Baltimore/Maryland tourism industry.”

Lou Fields is also the leading founder and first president of the Greater Baltimore Black Chamber of Commerce (2005-2008), Black Dollar Exchange (2010) and serves as advocate for the establishment of the Baltimore City Council African American Tourism & Heritage Preservation Commission.

The Council provides information and referral services, travel and tourism services to communities, organizations, schools and public entities that are in need of research assistance and information services. Services include referrals and development assistance in history, heritage tourism & preservation, program development, funding sources, lectures, exhibits, and special events such as dedications and tributes about notable and unknown Marylanders.

Through the Council’s tourism division we provide heritage tours across Maryland, including the popular Frederick Douglass Path to Freedom Walking Tour in historic Fells Point Baltimore, Maryland. In my third book, the Maryland Black Facts Book you will find over 1,000 Black Facts on the achievements and contributions of African Americans in the State of Maryland. My newest book, Freedom Seekers, the Story of Early Abolitionists in Antebellum Baltimore is available for book signings.

I can be reached at mobile number 443.983.7974 or email: bbhtours@gmail.com.

The Council’s projects include…

Establishment of the National African American Tourism Alliance · BDX Live Radio One Talk Show

· Baltimore City African American Tourism & Heritage Preservation Commission

· Charm City Cultural Heritage Tourism Symposium w/Ambassador Secretse of Botswana

· A TASTE of SOUL, a Charm City Culinary Tourism Initiative

· Charm City Tourism Awards, Luncheon & Symposium

· Legacy in Racing VIP Reception, Grand Prix of Baltimore

· Leon Day Negro League Park

· Langston Hughes Literary Symposium & Book Fair

· Royal Theater Monument on Historic Pennsylvania Avenue

· Frederick Douglass Historic Trail, Tour and Markers in Fell Point

· Harriet Ross Tubman Day - State of Maryland [March 10th]

· Maryland Black Writers Guild

· Buffalo Soldier Day in MD [February 20th]

· African American Historic Society of Western MD

· Maryland Underground Railroad Coalition, National UGRR gatherings.

· Maryland Black Tourism Network

· Greater Baltimore of Black Chamber of Commerce

· Mid-Atlantic African American Tourism Summit (MAAATS)

· Black Dollar Exchange business network