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Date Created1917
DescriptionAfrican-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917. African-American women worked in the garment trade, which employed mainly Jewish and Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. But because...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created1926
DescriptionTwo African American workers joining the strike. This photograph appears on page 12 of "Hell in New Jersey" with the caption "Negro workers from the Lodi Mills are here shown joining their white...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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AuthorGreene, Larry A.; Gunther, Lenworth
Date Created1996
DescriptionThe New Jersey African American history curriculum guide is a resource for New Jersey high school teachers who wish to incorporate African American experiences into their teaching of U.S. history. The...
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Date Created1953
DescriptionThis is a report on a self-survey of the Housing Committee in the early 1950s. This report demonstrates the problems within the African American community in Trenton, New Jersey, including real...
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Date Created2009-05-14
DescriptionAfrican-American sisters Aurora and Doris Alexander of Long Branch, New Jersey were born in 1920 and 1922 respectively. Their family encouraged their daughters to attain educations and pursue...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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AuthorLawrence-Sanders, Ashleigh
Date Created2019
Degree Date2019-10
DescriptionConfronting the Rebel Yell: How African Americans Created and Contested Civil War Memory, 1865-1965 centers Black American memory creation and counter-memory of the Civil War through the mid-20th...
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Date Created1890-1930
DescriptionPhotograph of girls seated at the back of a truck while others stand beside it. An African American woman stands with some of the girls behind the truck.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Date Created2016
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Date Created2011