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  • Rachael Keri Williams leads an interactive discussion on Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism; a look at Harrisburg's Black Civil War history during YPOC's Juneteenth Harrisburg symposium.
    Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg
  • Developed by SOAL and Breadcrumb Analytics, MapGed.com is an online platform for community-based public history - visualizing historic social networks of enslaved people, freedom seekers on the underground railroad, and much more will be made possible through AI innovation, machine learning, and crowdsourced cluster genealogy research done by people like you.
    MapGed.com: AI Innovation Meets Hands-On Historic Preservation
  • Some of the Civil War Veterans buried in Harrisburg Lincoln Cemetery may have seen a full-color recruiting handbill like this when they enlisted in the United States Colored Troops.
    List Update: Harrisburg’s Civil War Veterans Buried at Lincoln Cemetery

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  1. Alex G on Devastating Loss and Potential Threat at Historic Black Cemetery29 February 2024

    Its amazing what SOAL accomplished this weekend with the support that poured out from the community.

  2. First Professional Black Artist is from Harrisburg on Civil War Veterans Buried at Lincoln Cemetery17 December 2023

    […] of his younger brothers, Cassius Maddigan Brown (who is buried in Lincoln Cemetery), “served in the brigade defending Harrisburg…

  3. WGAL News 8 Live at Harrisburg’s Oldest Black Cemetery - Lincoln Cemetery on SOAL Partners: Black Cemetery Historic Preservation with ArcGIS13 December 2023

    […] SOAL Partners: Black Cemetery Historic Preservation with ArcGIS […]

  4. SOAL Partners: Black Cemetery Historic Preservation with ArcGIS - Lincoln Cemetery on First in Black Boyscouting: Lewis Elmer Robinson13 December 2023

    […] PA, is not just a cemetery; it’s a testament to African American heritage, harboring the stories and legacies of…

  5. Central Pa Black Cemeteries | WITF Radio - Lincoln Cemetery on SOAL Partners: Black Cemetery Historic Preservation with ArcGIS13 December 2023

    […] SOAL Partners: Black Cemetery Historic Preservation with ArcGIS […]

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Rachael Keri Williams leads an interactive discussion on Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism; a look at Harrisburg's Black Civil War history during YPOC's Juneteenth Harrisburg symposium.

Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg

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Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg Join us for a compelling journey through time as Rachael Keri Williams, founder and Executive Director of SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors’ Legacy, delivers an inspiring talk titled “Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism” in this video from the YPOC 2024 Juneteenth Harrisburg Summit, held on June 18th at … Continue reading →

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The Story of "Black Dick" is the Astonishing Legend of Richard Smith, an African American Disabled Railroad Hero who lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery.

Black Dick: Astonishing Legend of a Disabled Railroad Hero

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Black Dick: Astonishing Legend of a Disabled Railroad Hero (Black Dick Part #1) Though, he was born in abject poverty, and spent all his days “without escutcheon or family tree, reared in no palace, tutored in no university, thus lived and died one of nature’s noblemen”—Who was Richard Smith? Who was this … Continue reading →

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A First in Black Boyscouting, Lewis Elmer Robinson was the first African Amerian to attend an International Jamboree.

First in Black Boyscouting: Lewis Elmer Robinson

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Lewis Elmer Robinson was a First in Black Boyscouting Lewis Elmer Robinson, of Harrisburg, Pa, was a first in Black Boyscouting he broke the International Jamboree Color Line in 1933! The history of the Boy Scouts in America is apparently, hotly contested, when it comes to Firsts…some claim that the first African … Continue reading →

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A sign nailed to a tree in a Black & White Photo Reads: "There Are 4,029 Unmarked Graves PLEASE DO NOT Drive on the GRASS"

Paved-Over Black Cemeteries Aren’t Just In Florida

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60 Minutes Investigates Paved-Over Black Cemeteries in Clearwater, Florida… But, They’re Everywhere On Nov 28, 2022, 60 Minutes aired the ongoing investigations and community conversations around the destruction of an entire city’s black cemeteries. As you may know, the practice of paved-over Black Cemeteries by all levels of government across the United … Continue reading →

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Driving on Black bodies in Harrisburg, PA

Driving On Black Bodies

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Driven on the Bypass? Arsenal Blvd? N. 17th St.?
Are you driving on Black Bodies buried below the pavement, under the PennDOT building and parking lot?

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