Colonel Allen Allensworth was born into slavery and rose to become the highest-ranking Black officer of his era. In 1908 he and a group of settlers built a town in the Central Valley that Black Americans owned outright — the land, the school, the businesses, the government. That town is where we take our students.
The Legacy & Unity Field Trip is a free, full-day educational experience for DIG STEP Academy students and their families. The bus leaves Long Beach early and doesn't get back until evening, and the day in between is spent inside a piece of history most California classrooms never mention: the schoolhouse, the church, the homes, the story of what a self-governed Black community actually looked like.
Around the history sits the celebration — culture, community, food, entertainment, and vendors at the park. Lunch and snacks are provided. Parents and guardians ride along too, because this isn't the kind of thing a kid should have to explain to their family secondhand.
- WhereColonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Central Valley, CA
- WhoDIG STEP Academy students, plus parents and guardians
- CostFree — including transportation, lunch, and snacks
- Departure401 Golden Avenue, Long Beach · check-in 7:30 AM
- ReturnApproximately 7:00 PM
- BringWater bottle, sunscreen, hat, umbrella or sunshade, walking shoes — Allensworth runs hot
