NJSL PRESENTS: A Black History Month Special Event The Forgotten Story of New Jersey’s Enslaved People Please join us in celebrating Black History Month as we screened the 3-part, New… Continue reading “The Price of Silence – The Forgotten Story of New Jersey’s Enslaved People”
Originally Published on February 9, 2022 Authors reading their own works is nothing new. For centuries poetry was passed down through an oral tradition. In the nineteenth century numerous writers—including… Continue reading “In Their Own Voices: Black Authors Narrating Their Own Work”
New Jersey was the last northern state to enact any type of emancipation law and was one of the last states to ratify the 13th Amendment, initially rejecting it 1865.… Continue reading “WEBINAR – Slavery and Emancipation Laws in 19th Century New Jersey”
NJSL PRESENTS: A Black History Month Special Event The Forgotten Story of New Jersey’s Enslaved People Please join us in celebrating Black History Month as we screen the 3-part, New… Continue reading ““The Price of Silence” – The Forgotten Story of New Jersey’s Enslaved People”
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”
Written by Andrew DauphineePublished on March 17 2021 Thank you to Janice Cross-Gilyard, president of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogy Society – New Jersey Chapter, for her fascinating and well-researched… Continue reading “Hidden Figures Revealed Program Recap”
