We are deeply saddened by the events of the last few weeks. We started Oxford Foods Tours in 2018 as two friends with the common goal of bringing people together (tourists and locals alike) to experience Oxford’s incredible culinary scene while also educating them on our towns’ culture and its history. It’s been our pleasure to have many diverse groups join us on tours and watch strangers share food & laughter while forming lasting relationships. We strongly believe breaking bread together is a great way to break racial barriers.
As a historical tour, it is our responsibility to educate ourselves and others on our complex and flawed history. Learning from our past empowers us to improve our future. In Martin Luther King Jr.‘s I Have a Dream speech he said, “I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression