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Digging City's History: Finds Show A Black Middle Class Had Once Thrived On Beacon Hill, Jenna Russell
Digging City's History: Finds Show A Black Middle Class Had Once Thrived On Beacon Hill, Jenna Russell
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Online Exhibition By The Museum Of African Diaspora, Modou Dieng, Lauren Woods
Online Exhibition By The Museum Of African Diaspora, Modou Dieng, Lauren Woods
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Review Of "Foul Means: The Formation Of A Slave Society In Virginia", Michelle Lemaster
Review Of "Foul Means: The Formation Of A Slave Society In Virginia", Michelle Lemaster
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Free Frank Leaves Descendants A Legacy Of Freedom, Deborah Gertz Husar
Free Frank Leaves Descendants A Legacy Of Freedom, Deborah Gertz Husar
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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African-American History Museum Opens Doors, Margaret Horton Edsall
African-American History Museum Opens Doors, Margaret Horton Edsall
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Blacks Pin Hope On Dna To Fill Slavery's Gaps In Family Trees, Amy Harmon
Blacks Pin Hope On Dna To Fill Slavery's Gaps In Family Trees, Amy Harmon
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Pan-African History: Political Figures From Africa And The Diaspora Since 1787, Hakim Adi, Marika Sherwood, Robert Trent Vinson
Pan-African History: Political Figures From Africa And The Diaspora Since 1787, Hakim Adi, Marika Sherwood, Robert Trent Vinson
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter
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Jack Hopkins' Civil War, Peter C. Vermilyea
Jack Hopkins' Civil War, Peter C. Vermilyea
Adams County History
In the 1862 Pennsylvania College album there is a photograph of John Hopkins, who that year was entering his fifteenth year of service as the college's janitor. In one student's book, the portrait of Hopkins jokingly refers to him as the school's "vice president." This appellation speaks volumes about the life of the African-American custodian, for while it was clearly made in jest as a token of the students' genuine affection for Hopkins, it symbolizes the gulf between the white students and the black janitor. It goes without saying that the students found the picture humorous because they understood that …
An Analysis Of Media Perceptions Regarding African Americans In Gettsyburg Throughout 1963, Brendan M. Shelley
An Analysis Of Media Perceptions Regarding African Americans In Gettsyburg Throughout 1963, Brendan M. Shelley
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
On Monday, September 28, 1863, the Compiler, Gettysburg Pennsylvania’s Democratic newspaper, published an article taken from the Sussex Messenger about a black man forcing himself onto a white woman. The girl, daughter of Mr. Daniel Messick, was going from her father’s house which was just outside of the town limits to a neighbor’s home when she was suddenly assaulted by a black man. The man jumped out from behind thick brush and grabbed the girl. A struggle ensued and the assailant ripped off the girl’s clothing and put his hand over her mouth in order to keep her from …
The Albany Movement And The Origin Of Freedom Songs, Nicole Lenart
The Albany Movement And The Origin Of Freedom Songs, Nicole Lenart
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
“We became visible.” This is how Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Civil Rights Movement worker, a member of the Freedom Singers, and the founder of Sweet Honey In The Rock explained how songs uplifted and inspired those blacks and whites who worked tirelessly for freedom throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. Indeed, freedom songs in the movement gave participants the ability to stand up against their fears, express their hopes and desires, and unite the diverse range of people who participated in the movement. Reagon, now a history professor and music legend, grew up right outside of Albany, Georgia, where freedom songs …