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The African American family's guide to tracing our roots : healing, understanding & restoring our families

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15055
Author
Barksdale-Hall, Roland C.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
929.1 B256
Responsibility
by Roland Barksdale-Hall.
ISBN
0974977977 (pbk.)
Author
Barksdale-Hall, Roland C.
Place of Publication
Phoenix
Publisher
Amber Books,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xxii, 236 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234).
Contents
Precious keepsakes -- Wilson's ashes -- How to begin -- Art of interviewing -- Making a slave -- Tracing slave ancestors -- Looking for freed persons -- African connections -- Health matters -- Healing through storytelling -- Twelve keys to health, wealth, and success -- Restoring the family.
Subjects
African American families.
African Americans
African Americans - Genealogy.
African Americans - Life skills guides.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 B256
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Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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Responsibility
a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
ISBN
1415716943
Edition
Widescreen format.
Place of Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Contents
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Summary
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Subjects
African Americans
African American families
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary - Feature.
Additional Author
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris,
Jones, Quincy,
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Jemison, Mae,
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi,
Additional Corporate Author
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
Websites
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Black family research : records of post-Civil War Federal agencies at the National Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14147
Author
United States National Archives and Records Administration.
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
016.326 U58
Responsibility
compiled by Reginald Washington.
Author
United States National Archives and Records Administration.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Archives and Records Administration ,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
Reference Information Paper 108.
Subjects
United States. - Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and abandoned lands - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.
United States - Commissioners of Claims - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.
United States - Freeman's Bank and Trust Company - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.
African Americans - United States
African American families.
Freedmen
Registers of births, etc.
Additional Author
Washington, Reginald.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.326 U58
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Author
Scott, Donald,
Date of Publication
2008.
Call Number
973.7415 S431
Responsibility
Donald Scott.
ISBN
0738557358
9780738557359
Author
Scott, Donald,
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
Arcadia Pub.,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
127 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Images of America
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
Located in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during the war. Boasting the biggest free-black population in the country and the 19th-century’s epicenter of the Underground Railroad, Philadelphia and Camp William Penn, hosted the greatest anti-slavery abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, and William Still. Douglass and Tubman spoke to and rallied some of the almost 11,000 soldiers, many of them runaway or ex-slaves, who trained in eleven regiments that fought in a slew of major battles, helped to corner the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Rebel forces, as well as capture President Lincoln’s assassins. Several earned the Medal of Honor for their bravery, and many gave their lives. At a time when America’s very existence was threatened, the warriors and freedom fighters for human equality associated with Camp William Penn were a major part of the country’s salvation. The complete story is told here. [from the publisher]
Subjects
United States. - Colored Troops.
African American soldiers - Pennsylvania - Biography.
African American soldiers - Pennsylvania
La Mott (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Camp William Penn (Pa.) - History.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.
Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, African American.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7415 S431
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Equal but separate : the life and career of an African American businessman in Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1796?-1841 /by Teresa A. Weisser

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13151
Author
Weisser, Teresa A.
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
926.74 S661
Alternate Title
The life and career of an African American businessman in Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1796?-1841.
Author
Weisser, Teresa A.
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
v, 133 leaves.
Summary
"Born in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania at the end of the 18th century to a slave mother and an unknown father, Stephen Smith overcame the handicaps posed by racism and poverty to become one of the wealthiest African Americans in the United States. As his prosperity and prominence increased, Smith also became a recognized and respected leader of the African American community, first in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and later on the state and national level...I have sought to understand the forces that shaped him, the circumstances that allowed him to succeed in business when so many others were unable to do so, and the contributions he made to the African American community." [from the author]
Subjects
Smith, Stephen, - 1796-1841.
Columbia, Pa. - History.
African Americans - Pennsylvania.
African American business people - Pennsylvania.
Lumber trade.
Slavery - Pennsylvania
Columbia (Pa.) - Race relations - 19th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
926.74 S661
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Forgotten patriots : African American and American Indian patriots in the Revolutionary War : a guide to service, sources and studies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16602
Author
Grundset, Eric.
Date of Publication
c2008.
Call Number
973.34 G889
Alternate Title
African American and American Indian patriots in the Revolutionary War
Responsibility
Eric G. Grundset, editor and project manager ; with Briana L. Diaz, Hollis L. Gentry, and Jean D. Strahan, researchers.
ISBN
9781892237101
1892237105
Author
Grundset, Eric.
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
Date of Publication
c2008.
Physical Description
vi, 854 p. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliography (p. 761-812) and index.
Contents
The northern states -- The South -- Miscellaneous naval and military records -- Foreign allies -- West Indies -- Appendices. Map of the enslaved population, 1790 Census ; Documenting the color of participants in the American Revolution ; Names as clues to finding forgotten patriots ; The numbers of minority participants in the Revolution.
Subjects
African Americans
Indians of North America
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, African American.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, Indian.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Additional Author
Diaz, Briana L.
Gentry, Hollis L.
Strahan, Jean D.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.34 G889
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The Fulton Opera House in black and white : African American performance and protest in Lancaster, Pa. 1890-1915

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14832
Author
Kibler, M. Alison.
Date of Publication
2004.
Responsibility
by M. Alison Kibler, Lisa Richman, and Randi Weinberg.
Author
Kibler, M. Alison.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2004.
Physical Description
p. 50 - 63.
Notes
In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 106, no. 2 (Fall 2004).
Subjects
Fulton Opera House (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.
African American entertainers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Additional Author
Richman, Lisa.
Weinberg, Randi.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 106, number 2 (2004), p. 50-63Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 106 no. 2
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The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the twelfth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12044
Date of Publication
2000?]
Call Number
974.83 C748 2000
Meeting
Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (12th : 2000 : Nanticoke, PA)
Place of Publication
[Nanticoke, PA
Publisher
Luzerne County Community College,
Date of Publication
2000?]
Physical Description
117 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
"Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Lynett, Elizabeth R.
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Electric railroads - Pennsylvania
Women's rights - Lackawanna County (PA)
Clothing factories - Pennsylvania
African-American children - Wilkes-Barre (PA)
African-American - Wilkes-Barre (PA)
African-American politicians - Wilkes-Barre (PA)
Strikes and lockouts
Census - Wilkes-Barre (PA)
Coal mines and mining in art - Pennsylvania.
Coal miners in art - Pennsylvania.
Art, modern - Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Barre (PA) - History - Spanish-American War, 1898 - Participation, African-Americans.
Wyoming Valley (PA) - History.
Lackawanna Valley (PA) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Department.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.83 C748 2000
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Hollow memories : African Americans in Conestoga Township / y Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. Ph.D

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5663
Author
Hopkins, Leroy Taft
Date of Publication
2000.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy Taft
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
145-166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.101 no.4.
Summary
"To commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of Conestoga a brochure bearing the title 'Reflections on a County Village: A history of Conestoga. 1805-1980' was published by Conestoga Township and its anniversary committee...In this seventy-two page historical retrospective there is scant pictorial evidence that African Americans ever lived in Conestoga. Only in the narrative and on two maps is there evidence that Conestoga at one time had a significant African American population."
Subjects
African American families
African Americans - Conestoga (Pa.: Township).
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 101, number 4 (2000), p. 145-166Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.101, no.4
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson
Object ID
OH0163
Date Range
2007/03/15
Lancaster County Historical Society African-American Veterans Oral History Project Interviewer: Carole LeFever Interviewee: Hazel Jackson Location: home of Hazel Jackson Subject: Date of Interview: March 15, 2007 Transcription Date: January 16, 2009 Transcriber: Miles Shugar [] indicates
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Collection
Oral History Collection
Title
African-American Veterans Oral History Project interview with Hazel Jackson
Description
Oral history interview with Hazel Jackson, the first African American teacher in the School District of Lancaster.
Date Range
2007/03/15
Date of Interview
2007-03-15
Creator
Jackson, Hazel, 1926-2014, interviewee
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Jackson, Hazel
LeFever, Carol
Shugar, Miles
Interviewer
LeFever, Carol
Narrator
Jackson, Hazel
Other Creators
Shugar, Miles, collector
Subjects
African Americans
African American women
African American teachers
African American Veterans
Oral history
Search Terms
African American teachers
African American Veterans
African American women
Local figures
Oral histories
Persons of color
Teachers
Veterans
Women
Area / Region
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Place of Interview
Home of Hazel Jackson
Object Name
Recording, Video
Length of Interview
1:31:50
Object ID
OH0163
Description Level
Item
Documents
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