WESTAMPTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Next week the nation will celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to carry out the Emancipation Proclamation, ...
In Eleanor Burgess’ “The Niceties”, Zoe, an African-American student, laments the missing chapters of U.S. black history, vast gaps in lives that forces chroniclers to fill blanks with time-consumed ...
In the spirit of Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the U.S., a historic free Black community in Burlington County is fighting to keep its story alive ...
Timbuctoo, a small hamlet located in Westampton, Burlington County, N.J., was founded in 1820 by freed and former slaves. The anniversary of the founding is celebrated annual and will take place this ...
WESTAMPTON, N.J. (CBS) -- Next week the nation will celebrate Juneteenth, the national holiday marking June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to carry out the Emancipation Proclamation, ...
Abolitionists risk their fortunes, their families, and their futures to destroy slavery. THIS FILM IS ELIGIBLE FOR CTLE CREDIT. Searching For Timbuctoo tells the little-known story of a Black ...
THE WHITE MONK OF TIMBUCTOO— William Seabrook—Harcourt, Brace ($3). Three years ago Traveler Seabrook told the U. S. something about Timbuctoo’s No. 1 Citizen. Père Yakouba; last week he published the ...
LAKE PLACID — There’s a whole section on historiography in “The Black Woods: A Scheme of Justice and Benevolence in the Adirondack Mountains” by Amy Godine, which will be published by Cornell ...
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