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Slavery – It Happened Here, Too, Part II, October 2023

Program Agenda and Speaker Information: It Happened Here, Too: Stories from New Jersey Part II

Program Handout: African-American Research at the New Jersey State Archives

Presentation Slides: An Introduction to Dunkerhook: A Free African American Community in Paramus, New Jersey

Presentation Slides: African Link Initiative

Presentation Slides: Back to Africa Through Family Stories

Presentation Slides: Bondage, Freedom and the Building of Early White and Black Communities

Presentation Slides: Lawnside: A Free Haven

Presentation Slides: Morven & Slavery

Presentation Slides: The Notion of Timbuktu/Timbuctoo in the African Diaspora

Slavery – It Happened Here, Too, Part I, June 2023

Program Agenda: Slavery – It Happened Here, Too: Stories from New Jersey Part I

Speaker Information: Slavery – It Happened Here, Too: Stories from New Jersey Part I

Presentation Slides: Beneath the Floorboards: Whispers of the Enslaved at Marlpit Hall

Presentation Slides: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown, NJ

Presentation Slides: Princeton & Slavery Project

Presentation Slides: Scarlet and Black: Rutgers University’s Ties to Slavery

Presentation Slides: Slavery – It Happened  Here, Too

Presentation Slides: Slavery in New Jersey – It Was Here Too

Presentation Slides: Stocktons and the Colonization Movement

New Jersey’s Historic Sites & Crossroads, June 2022

Speaker Information: New Jersey’s Historic Sites & Crossroads

Presentation Slides: New Jersey’s Historic Sites & Crossroads

Presentation Slides: Standing on Holy Ground – The Unmarked Graves of our Ancestors

Presentation Slides: The Hidden History of Mount Peace Cemetery

Presentation Slides: Kenney Memorial Hospital

Presentation Slides: DAR’s Efforts to Preserve the Memory of Jack Cudjo Banquante

Presentation Slides: Finding Fortune – A Journey Through Historic Preservation

Presentation Slides: The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project

Presentation Slides: Confronting the Past to Repair the Enduring Harm in the Present

Presentation Slides: Clinton Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Commemorating the Tulsa Massacre, June 2021
Memorializing African American History: Cemeteries, Monuments & Markers, April 2021

Health as a Civil Right: A Three-Part Virtual Panel Series, March 2021 (click on the images to review recordings of each session)
Cover page with link to video: Racism and Health
Cover page with link to video: Policy & Racial Health Disparities
Teaching African American History: A Workshop for K-12 Educators (And Others), October 2019

Program Agenda: Teaching African American History: A Workshop for K-12 Educators (And Others)

Speaker Information: Teaching African American History: A Workshop for K-12 Educators (And Others)

Presentation Slides: Uncovering and Incorporating Local History by Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck

Presentation Slides: Creating Supportive Learning Environments by Dr. Rosetta Treece and Dr. Cindy Assini

Building Capacity to Present, Interpret, and Discuss Difficult Issues in African American History, presented at the 2019 Meeting of the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), August 2019 

Presentation Slides

Presentation Workbook

What Do You See? Using the Arts to Enrich Understanding of the African American Experience, June 2019

Program Agenda: What Do You See? Using the Arts to Enrich Understanding of the African American Experience

Introduction Slides: Linda Caldwell Epps, Ph.D., 1804 Consultants, Inc.

Speaker Information

Engage Your Audiences with Difficult Topics in African American History: A Workshop for Museums, Historic Sites, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions, January 2019

Program Agenda: Engage Your Audiences With Difficult Topics in African American History

Introduction Slides: Linda Caldwell Epps, Ph.D., 1804 Consultants, Inc.

Breakout Session: Going Beyond One-Time Programs and Exhibitions to Involve the Community – Claudia Ocello, Museum Partners Consulting, LLC and Rev. Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Bethel Church, Morristown, NJ

Breakout Session: Going Beyond One-Time Programs and Exhibitions to Involve the Community – Morven Museum & Garden

Breakout Session: Addressing Community Concerns – Morven Museum & Garden

Breakout Session: Addressing Community Concerns – Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum

Breakout Session: Preparing to Discuss Difficult Topics Through the Art of Kara Walker – Noaa Stoler, Montclair Art Museum

Breakout Session: Putting the Past Into Context, Shirley A. Satterfield, Princeton, NJ

Breakout Session: Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville, PA

Thought Questions and Further Reading, Claudia Ocello, Museum Partners Consulting, LLC

Speaker Information

Telling African American History as New Jersey History, June 2018

Presentation Slides: Telling African American History as New Jersey History, June 2018
Case Study: Friday Memory – Rethinking the Honors Bestowed
Case Study: Friday Memory – A Simple Lawn Ornament
Case Study: Friday Memory – Nantucket African Meeting House
Case Study: Van Wickle Street Name

Presenting & Discussing Difficult Topics in African American History, November 2017

Program Agenda: Presenting & Discussing Difficult Topics in African American History, November 2017
Presenting & Discussing Difficult Topics in African American History at Museums and Historic Sites
Interpreting Difficult History
Resources for Teaching Difficult Subjects in the Classroom and Museum
Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Facilitators

Exploring African American History in New Jersey, May 2017

Program Agenda: Exploring African American History in New Jersey, May 2017
African American Resources at the New Jersey State Archive
Black Cemeteries are Crucially Important
Burrow Into History: African American Archeology in New Jersey and Beyond
Timbuctoo: A case study in antebellum African American community development in New Jersey
Finding Free African American Ancestors from the Antebellum Period
Resources on African American History and Land Ownership
Navigating the New Jersey State Library Website
Exploring African American History at the New Jersey State Library
African American Genealogy Presentation
Online Record Applications and Databases: Genealogy or Family Tree Apps
Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Facilitators

Interpreting African American History at Historic Sites and Museums, January 2017

Program Agenda: Interpreting African American History at Historic Sites and Museums, January 2017
Program Notes: Interpreting African American History at Historic Sites and Museums, January 2017
Panelists: Interpreting African American History at Historic Sites and Museums, January 2017