Hayti Promise Community Development Corporation (HPCDC) and Preservation Durham are partnering with Whistle Stop Tours to present a theatrical tour featuring six important sites along the historic Fayetteville Street Corridor in Durham, North Carolina.
Hymns for Salted Bones: A Re-membering of Hayti is part of the Fayetteville Street Corridor Project.
These tours are free, but registration is required, and spaces are filling up for each date. Register here.
The tours are from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on these dates in 2026.
- September 12th
- September 19th
- September 26th
- October 3rd
- October 17th
- November 7th
- November 14th
- November 21st
Tours will begin in front of 1201 Fayetteville Street (Stanford L. Warren Library, side facing 1111 Fayetteville Street) and end at 1406 Fayetteville Street.
The Fayetteville Street Corridor is a crucial part of the Hayti Community, home to many movers and shakers in Durham throughout its history.
Featured along this tour are:
- The Dr. Leroy Swift Office and Residence
- The Harriet Tubman YWCA
- Dr. Joseph N. Mills House
- F.K. “Movie King” and Parepa Watkins House
- Page and Sons Grocery Store
- Scarborough House
Prepare for an immersive storytelling experience centering community testimonies brought to life through performance art. A funeral and a revival, a ritual and a living procession, the tour gathers witnesses to honor Black spaces as sites of care, achievement, displacement, and resilience. Together we will preserve dignity, confront loss, embrace belonging, and invite collective responsibility.
It is important to note that this tour is different from the usual walking tours in that actors will walk us through a performance, embodying the homes to share their histories.
Whistle Stop Tours is a performance group that shares history through their art. Music, dance, rituals, and acting are all crucial parts of this tour, creating an immersive experience for the tourgoers to learn more about the historic Fayetteville Street Corridor.
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