Jennifer Cumberbatch and Harrison Eppright lead the tour at Woodlawn (Pease Mansion), video still
Black West Austin Driving Tour
Available June 12-19, 2022
Wednesday - Sunday | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
Start your tour at the Neill-Cochran House Museum. Included with admission.
Black West Austin Driving Tour
This Juneteenth, the Neill-Cochran House Museum presents the Black West Austin Driving Tour. This self-guided, driving/walking/biking tour helps participants better understand the history of our city and the important contributions Black Austinites have made to Austin’s development. Using pre-recorded videos accessed through QR codes at site specific locations in the Wheatville, Pease Park, and Clarksville neighborhoods, the tour shares the impact of the segregationist 1928 City Plan, which shaped the racial divide as well as the urban landscape that Austinites continue to overcome today.
Visit the Neill-Cochran House Museum during opening hours, June 12-19, 2022, to get a copy of the Black West Austin Driving Tour, included with the price of Museum admission.
What people are saying about past Juneteenth driving tours:
You have made these uncomfortable conversations into comfortable productive conversations. - Mary Teeple, Austin resident
My teenage son and I did the tour last weekend and we both appreciated the chance to learn more local history. - Carolyn Austin, Austin resident
I learned so much on the Juneteenth tour, too. I'm so grateful for your work. I should get [my daughter] to tell you her feelings about it, she was gushing about how much more she learned from that than she has learned at school. - Susannah Reilly, Austin resident
After the tour support Black Austin history on June 19th while enjoying some delicious local cuisine…
Dine at any of the six fantastic participating restaurants below on June 19th knowing that 10% of the days proceeds go to the Neill-Cochran House Museum’s project, Reckoning with the Past, a yearlong effort to restore and preserve the last intact slave dwelling in the city of Austin.
Have breakfast, lunch or dinner at any one of these six participating restaurants on June 19th, 2022, to show your support: