ROMEO, me. – A new branch of the NAACP has created a self-guided tour of the village of Romeo to help people learn more about its role in abolition and civil rights.
The self-guided tour takes in the gravestones of the Black Union soldiers, a place where slaves were hidden along the Underground Railroad, and more.
Romeo has a history of proactive civil rights and social justice movements as early as the 19th century. There are numerous historical plaques and stories. There is a house on Church Street that served as the Underground Railroad stop.
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Tristom Craig is the first vice president of the newly established NAACP Northern Macomb County office. Craig is especially proud of the driving tour that came about because he grew up in Romeo. The tour book and the map are available online.
The First Congregational Church was founded on July 4, 1876. She went against time by publicly advocating the rights of Africa 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Amanda Moore Elementary was named after the black woman who took it upon herself to raise black children. And among the tour’s 14 stops is Second Baptist Church, the first black congregation founded in Macomb County in 1917.
Click here to view the guide or to download it yourself.
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