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Begun as a grass-roots committee in the 1970s, the Afro-American Historical Society was formed by Captain Thomas Taylor (president of the Jersey City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Theodore Brunson, (lay historian in Afro-American history), [10] Mrs. Nora Fant (long time and activist resident of Jersey City), and Mrs. Virginia Dunnaway (community ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the capture of a "man-eating" shark off the Jersey Shore after the attacks.. The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one critically injured.
This victim was killed by a shark in Sea Bright, New Jersey. Two Young Boys: Prior to January 22, 1928: Unconfirmed: Two stowaways jumped off the Norwegian steamer Vela in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida to attempt to swim to shore. They were thought to have been killed by sharks, although this has not been confirmed. [54] Earl ...
African American Historical and Cultural Museum Waterloo Iowa 1997 A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum: Chicago: Illinois: 1995 [8] Africa Center, The: New York City New York: 1984 [9] [a] African American Civil War Memorial Museum: Washington: D.C. 1999 [13] African-American Research Library and Cultural Center: Fort Lauderdale: Florida ...
The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum is located on the upper floor of the Greenville Branch of the Jersey City Public Library and features the heritage of Jersey City's African American community which has been preserved in a special collection. Additionally, a permanent collection of material culture of New Jersey's African ...
Travis Bogin has joined the fraternity of people that have had a chance encounter with a great white shark in the wild off the New Jersey coast.
The African American population in New Jersey is predominantly located in urban areas, specifically in the cities of Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Trenton, as well as in Essex and Union Counties. South Jersey also harbors a substantial African American population, primarily concentrated in Camden County, Willingboro, and Atlantic City ...
A New Jersey man was warning people on the beach about an incoming storm when he was fatally struck by lightning over the weekend, police said. New Jersey man trying to warn beachgoers about storm ...