Radical History Reclamation Chat
Join us for a Radical History Reclamation Chat!
Join us for a Chat! Harrisburg Black Changemakers Active in Radical History Reclamation–Lenwood Sloan, of the Commonwealth Monument Project, and Me (Rachael Keri Williams, of SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors’ Legacy) as we discuss the unknown history of segregation in death, Lincoln Cemetery, SOAL’s grassroots effort to restore Harrisburg’s oldest historically Black Cemetery, historic trades & the importance of youth involvement in Historic Preservation, Harrisburg & South Central Pennsylvania Black Family History, Basil Biggs, Edward Mathews, Black Gettysburg, the Yellow Hill Church and Cemetery, and more!
Right after Lenwood and I finish our chat, Dr. Sharonn L. Williams explains on the benefits of joining the KINdred Spirits Genealogy Workshop Group and the boost it can give to anyone seeking to reclaim their Black Family History.
Followed by Bill Cleveland of the Center for the Study of Art & Community.
This video was a T. Morris Chester Welcome Center Program filmed as part of the Live & Learn: Animating Democracy Series at the Dauphin County Public Library on November 17, 2022.
Also See These Resources For More Information:
Gettysburg, Mailing Address: 1195 Baltimore Pike, and PA 17325 Contact Us. “African Americans during the Gettysburg Campaign – Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service).” Accessed July 6, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/gett/blogs/african-americans-during-the-gettysburg-campaign.htm.
Levin, Kevin M. “The Diaries Left Behind by Confederate Soldiers Reveal the True Role of Enslaved Labor at Gettysburg.” Smithsonian Magazine. Accessed March 19, 2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/diaries-left-behind-confederate-soldiers-reveals-role-enslaved-labor-gettysburg-180972538/.
“Mathews, William H. | House Divided.” Accessed November 22, 2021. https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/32487.
McCauslin, Debra Sandoe. Reconstructing the Past: Puzzle of the Lost Community at Yellow Hill. BookSurge Publishing, 2007.
“THE EFFECT OF THE CONFEDERATE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA ON GETTYSBURG’S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.” Accessed October 14, 2021. http://www.gdg.org/gettysburg%20magazine/gburgafrican.html.
“The Star and Sentinel – Google News Archive Search.” Accessed March 7, 2021. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=OTBXYDkIvNoC&dat=18690806&printsec=frontpage&hl=en.
Weaver, Jenine. “The Black Influence – Series 3 – Gettysburg’s Underground Railroad.” Gettysburg Connection, June 12, 2021. https://gettysburgconnection.org/the-black-influence-series-3-gettysburgs-underground-railroad/.
———. “The Black Influence Part 4: 1865 to 1900.” Gettysburg Connection, September 17, 2021. https://gettysburgconnection.org/the-black-influence-part-4-1865-to-1900/.
Jackson, Calobe, Katie McArdle, David Pettegrew, and Lenwood Sloan. “One Hundred Voices: Harrisburg’s Historic African American Community, 1850-1920.” Digital Press Books, January 1, 2020. https://doi.org/10.31356/dpb017.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Neglected African-American Cemetery for Veterans May Be Restored.” Accessed August 30, 2022. https://www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2006/02/09/Neglected-African-American-cemetery-for-veterans-may-be-restored/stories/200602090419.
The Evening Review. “Obituary for Jessie Vann (Aged 82).” June 8, 1967.
Carnegie Museum of Art. “Teenie Harris Archive.” Accessed October 2, 2022. https://cmoa.org/art/teenie-harris-archive/.
Cormany, Rachel, Amy Murrell, and Susanna Michele Lee. “Franklin County: Diary of Rachel Cormany (1863).” Electronic Version of The Cormany Diaries: A Northern Family in the Civil War (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982), 2003 1998. Virginia Center for Digital History. https://valley.lib.virginia.edu/papers/FD1006.
Institute, Author Civil War. “Basil Biggs and America’s ‘Unfinished Work.’” The Gettysburg Compiler (blog), April 17, 2021. https://gettysburgcompiler.org/2021/04/17/basil-biggs-and-americas-unfinished-work/.
PBS LearningMedia. “PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers.” Accessed July 8, 2022. https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org.
Slavery and the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania : CSPAN2 : January 22, 2017 11:03am-11:22am EST : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive. Accessed September 19, 2021. https://archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20170122_160300_Slavery_and_the_Underground_Railroad_in_South_Central_Pennsylvania.
“The Double V Campaign (1942-1945) •,” July 2, 2020. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/the-double-v-campaign-1942-1945/.
“Thomas Morris Chester (1834-1892) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree.” Accessed November 7, 2022. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chester-1621.
Washburn, Patrick S. “The Pittsburgh Courier’s Double V Campaign in 1942.” American Journalism 3, no. 2 (April 1986): 73–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/08821127.1986.10731062.
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