by lindaoppenheim | Jan 5, 2019 | Events
Join the Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library on January 15 at 6 p.m. and hear local authors Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, former board members of the Stoutsburg Cemetery Association, speak about their new book “If These Stones Could Talk.” Based...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 6, 2018 | books, Documents, Events, Exhibit, history
“Open Archive: Segregation in Princeton,” Princeton Public Library, 5:30-7:00 PM Explore original artifacts and archival materials that tell the story of segregation in Princeton – from businesses to schools to the local fight for civil rights. Presented...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 9, 2014 | Events
We don’t usually think of New Jersey as a slave state, Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills told an interviewer, Caroline Katmann. But slavery was present here since the 17th century. The governor enticed settlers with the offer of slaves — one slave for every 75...
