The History of Racism and the Civil Rights Movement

WOMEN IN RETIREMENT “THE HISTORY OF RACISM AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT” (Hybrid – In-Person at NSK Location (101 Poor Farm Road, Building B, Princeton, NJ 08540 and on Zoom) Princeton Senior Resource Center’s Women in Retirement member, Janet Williams, will...

The Mother of the Green Book Ignored by History

The movie “Green Book” has brought attention to Victor Hugo Green, the African American postman who began publishing the guide to places that welcomed African American travelers during the Jim Crow era. Victoria Martinez writes about his wife, Alma Duke...

Hotels Grapple With Racial Bias

A hotel clerk calls a black guest a “monkey.”  A white guest asks a black woman and her daughter if they bathed before swimming in the hotel pool. Elaine Glusac reports on incidents of racial bias like these that African Americans encounter while...