Becton Tours offers an array of lectures:
  • The African Soldier in the Civil War
  • Camp William Penn
  • Black Philadelphia and the Civil War
  • Music of the Civil War Era
  • Emancipation Proclamation and the U.S. Civil War
  • James Forten
  • "Now or Never" Frederick Douglas recruitment speech
  • Music of the Underground Railroad
  • Camp Songs of the Underground Railroad
  • History of the Blues
  • Evolution of the Blues
Dressed is African style garb, Joe Becton sings and plays traditional musical instruments (guitar and harmonica) as he takes participants on a walk through American history and music from Sy Gillat to John Coltrane. He traces the styles of music developed by Africans in America and the collision of cultures that created the music we call gospel, jazz and blues.​​
URBAN LIVING JOE BECTON
​(IMRANA ALI, HOSTESS)