Join Morven for a screening of The Price of Silence, part one of an Emmy-nominated documentary from Truehart Productions sharing the history of New Jersey’s enslaved people. The screening will be…
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New podcast: Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck of Friday Trueheart Consultants interview Kristal Langford of The Lost Souls Public Memorial Project. The Lost Souls Memorial will honor the 137 African…
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NJ’s Sankofa collaborative celebrates five years of education and dialogue about African American history and experience
The Sankofa Collaborative, a coalition of five New Jersey cultural and historical organizations – 1804 Consultants, Grounds For Sculpture (GFS), New Jersey Historical Society, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM)…
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Timberlane students will be first in NJ to undertake a Witness Stones project
Timberlane Middle School will hold the first annual Witness Stones ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2022 from 9:30am to 10:45am at the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meeting House at 46-48…
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African American History Month is winding down like a satisfied cousin LeRoy snoozing in the good chair after the family meal on any given Sunday. But just before he yawns,…
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The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) and the Sourland Conservancy are pleased to announce the release of two videos that were funded by generous grants from the New Jersey…
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Wild River Books announces the publication of If These Stones Could Talk by local authors Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills on November 7, 2018. There will be a formal invitation-only launch at the Grounds for Sculpture, and a public celebration will take place on November 17, 2018 at the Hopewell Bistro in Hopewell Borough from 1-4pm.
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Third Annual Historic Camp Meeting Revival to Benefit Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
The public is invited to attend the Third Annual Historic Camp Meeting Revival on September 29, 2018 at 11am-2pm in Skillman Park (across Route 601 from the Montgomery High Schoolin Skillman, NJ) featuring the Capital City Gospel Singers and special guest, Bertha Morgan. Popular speaker and East Amwell Historian, Jim Davidson, will also present a history of the African-American community in the Sourland region.
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The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum is pleased to announce a new app designed by Trustee, Kevin Burkman, to help users easily find African American historical points of interest from Maine…
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It was a glorious day for the Camp Meeting Revival fundraiser held in Skillman Park on Saturday, and a good time was had by all. Families and friends from near…