New Jersey is the Garden State and as the name implies, we have a rich history of agriculture that has helped define our state. An important group of people who… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms”
As a northern state, New Jersey and its role in African Americans’ struggles for civil rights is often overlooked or disregarded in favor of the narratives coming from southern states.… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – The Georgia of the North: Black Women and the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey”
New Jersey was the “Crossroads of the American Revolution,” and as battles raged, colonial taverns formed the social network that held the state together. A haven for Patriots and Loyalists… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Colonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty and Revolution”
New Jersey has a rich history of agriculture and is renowned for many types of crops, from peaches, to blueberries, to corn. Those who committed their efforts to the cultivation… Continue reading “VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALK – Puerto Rican Farmworkers in the Garden State, 1950s-1970s”
Thank you to Douglas McVarish for his deeply informative talk surrounding his book “Researching the History of a New Jersey House”. New Jersey has such a rich history, especially at… Continue reading “Researching the History of a New Jersey House”
