The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) and Sourland Conservancy have partnered to purchase and save the historic True family farmstead. Located in Skillman, the property was originally owned by…
Beverly Mills
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Mayor Jim Davy and the Pennington Borough Council members issued two proclamations at the Monday, March 7 meeting in honor of the extraordinary contributions made by two women: Eileen Heinzel…
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Events & Features
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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News
Buck and Mills, continuing to uncover difficult truths, announce second book
by Ambreen Aliby Ambreen AliIn the brief time since Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills published If These Stones Could Talk, a groundbreaking book about the African American community in the Hopewell Valley, the duo…
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At its February 7 meeting, The Hopewell Township Committee heard numerous presentations. The Committee watched a presentation of Police Department awards, heard a resolution to recognize Black History Month, listened…
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Podcaster James Peoples sits down with Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, the two authors of “If These Stones Could Talk: African American Presence in the Hopewell Valley, Sourland Mountain and…
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Hopewell Valley Central High School is honored to induct four remarkable alumni into the Distinguished Graduates Hall of Fame next month. Elaine Buck (Class of 1968), Laura Kocubinski (Class of…
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News alert from the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum SSAAM co-founders Elaine Buck and Bev Mills will be appearing in a Black History segment on NBC 4 NY, with Pat…
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On February 1, the Hopewell Township Committee met and recognized February as Black History Month in New Jersey and in the Township. Using an updated version of the Resolution written…