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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 ...
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 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 ...
Zebb Quinn was an 18-year-old American male who went missing on January 2, 2000, in Asheville, North Carolina. On July 25, 2022, Quinn's friend, Robert Jason Owens, entered a plea bargain and confessed from prison that his abusive uncle, Walter "Gene" Owens, had killed Quinn after making Owens lure Quinn to the forest. Owens and his uncle ...
Hiking columnist Susan Anderson chose a warm, sunny day to visit a Lake Monroe peninsula open to visitors during the week.
Robinson was an African-American civil rights activist who disappeared around 25 April 1973 during the Wounded Knee Protests on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In 2014, the FBI said it had concluded from witness statements that Robinson was killed by American Indian Movement militants and he was "buried in the hills".
Photos taken in the bayside section of Toms River, NJ of what appear to be large drones hovering in the area at high altitudes sometime between 8:33 p.m. and 8:49 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2024.
The history of libraries for African Americans in the United States includes the earliest segregated libraries for African Americans that were school libraries. [1] The fastest library growth happened in urban cities such as Atlanta while rural towns, particularly in the American South, were slower to add Black libraries. [1]