Ebony travel guide: August

WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE!

ANNAPOLIS, Md.

* Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival. Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds. Aug. 14-15.

BALTIMORE

* National Funeral Directors and Morticians convention. Hyatt Regency Baltimore. Aug. 7-11.

BUFFALO, N.Y.

* National Primitive Baptist convention USA. Adams Mark Hotel. Aug. 14-20.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

* Birmingham Heritage Festival. Kelly Ingram Park/Civil Rights District. Aug. 6-8.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

* National Bar Association convention. The Westin Hotel. Aug. 7-14.

CHICAGO

* 75th Annual Bud Billiken Parade. One of the oldest African-American parades in the country. Begins 39th and King Drive Aug. 14.

CINCINNATI

* National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Grand Opening and Dedication. Aug. 23.

DALLAS

* Black Data Processors Association conference. Adams Mark Hotel. Aug. 4-8.

DETROIT

* African World Festival. Hart Plaza, Aug. 20-22.

DENVER

* Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, Adam's County Fairgrounds. Aug. 21-22.

HOUSTON

* Progressive National Baptist convention. George R. Brown Convention Center. Aug. 2-7.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

* Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention. Radisson Riverwalk Hotel. July 31-Aug. 4.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.

* Organization of Black Airline Pilots convention. Walt Disney World. Aug. 18-22.

LOS ANGELES

* International Association of Black Professional Firefighters Convention. Westin LAX Hotel. Aug. 2-6.

* Long Beach Jazz Festival. Aug. 13-15.

* Watts Summer Festival. South Central Avenue. Aug. 13-15.

* Marcus Garvey Day Festival & Parade. Elegant Manor. Aug. 14-15.

* African Marketplace and Cultural Faire. Exposition Park. Aug. 21-22.

MILWAUKEE

* African World Festival Henry Maier Festival Park, July 30-Aug. 1.

NEW ORLEANS

* Satchmo Summer Fest. French Quarter, Aug. 6-8.

NEW YORK CITY

* 30th Anniversary of Harlem Week. Various Harlem sites. Aug. 1-29.

OMAHA, Neb.

* Tuskegee Airmen convention. Hilton Hotel. Aug. 3-8.

PHILADELPHIA

* Alpha Phi Alpha convention. Philadelphia Marriott Hotel. Aug. 5-8.

PHOENIX

* National Black Police Association National Education and Training conference. Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Aug. 8-15.

RALEIGH, N.C.

* Association of African-American Museums convention. Sheraton Capital Center Hotel. Aug. 18-21.

SAN FRANCISCO

* Afro Solo Arts Festival, Various sites. Aug. 1-31.

* National Black Nurses Association convention. Hyatt Regency San Francisco Embarcadero Center. Aug. 4-8.

* Association of Black Sociologists convention. Westin St, Francis Hotel. Aug. 11-14.

ST. LOUIS

* Missouri Black Expo. America's Center. Aug. 20-22.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.

* Annual Georgia Sea island Festival. Neptune Park. Aug. 14-15.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

* National Association of Black Journalists Unity convention, Washington Convention Center. Aug. 4-8.

* Association of Black Psychologists convention. Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. Aug. 10-15.

* Blacks in Government convention. Wardman Park Marriott Hotel. Aug. 16-20.

AFRICA

* International Black Summit. Elmina Beech, Aug. 5-8.

ISLAND DESTINATIONS:

BAHAMAS

* Emancipation Day. Aug. 2.

BARBADOS

* Emancipation Day, Public holiday. Aug. 3.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

* Black Boaters Summit 2004. Tortola. Aug. 13-22.

CURACAO

* Slave Uprising Anniversary. Aug. 17.

NOTE: Sponsors may change dates or locations after the magazine has been published. Travelers should verify event information with local sponsors.

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