RACE AND PLACE – YORK BLACK HISTORY

RESOURCES for York’s Black History

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  More databases

  • Notable history projects
  • James McClure’s York Town Square stories about black history in York County.
  • York Daily Record stories on Black history and culture
  • 25 or more resources to learn about black history, culture in York County, Pa.

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  Selected stories about black history in York County

  • James McClure, YDR:  “Redlining in York: How government policies kept African Americans poor and segregated.”
  • James McClure: Separate but equal – “Yorktowne Hotel serves as 11-story measuring stick.”
  • Loretta Claiborne selected as one of 10 most inspirational women in Pennsylvania in past century
  • David Latzko’s article covers where enslaved people lived in York County and the nationalities who owned in the late-1700s.
  • Saved at the age of 4 by a York cop, he has returned nearly 70 years later to thank him

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  Black history posts, sites on social media

  • Database of known burials in North York’s Lebanon Cemetery.
  • Friends of Lebanon Cemetery, restorationists of this historic black cemetery.
  • Keystones Oral History, recently featuring York County military veterans, with documentary video.

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  Videos and photo galleries

  • “Assemblage” art exhibit promotes black togetherness and shatters stereotypes
  • “Casting Shadows” exhibit shows African-American York residents through history
  • Treasure of African-American art at Crispus Attucks Community Center (Video)
  • ‘Hate is a consuming fire’: Sister of Lillie Belle Allen gives heartfelt speech. (Video)
  • Almost Forgotten: A glimpse at African American’s in York County’s past (Video)
  • Ophelia Chambliss’ past and present art shows the black experience in York and the region
  • York dedicates block to Crispus Attucks’ Bobby Simpson

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  Additional resources

  • African-American collections, photos in York County History Center Archives
  • Rusk Reports 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
  • Crispus Attuck’s Bobby Simpson learned from his mentor Dr. Frederick Douglass Holliday
  • Autobiography of York County’s Amanda Berry Smith, renowned Black evangelist and daughter of an Underground Railroad operator.
  • When noted Black poet Alice Dunbar visited York County to stump for women’s suffrage
  • Journal of York County Heritage, 2019, is themed on connection with the 1969 York race riots
  • Special YDR anniversary section published in connection with Crispus Attucks’ 75h anniversary in 2006 

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  Crispus Attucks Community Association

  • Crispus Attucks formed to combat segregation.
  • Jeff Kirkland’s book “Crispus Attucks Association: 85 Years of Community Building, 1931-2016.” Available at Crispus Attucks Center.
  • Treasure of African-American art at Crispus Attucks Community Center (Video)
  • York dedicates block to Crispus Attucks’ Bobby Simpson
  • Crispus Attuck’s Bobby Simpson learned from his mentor Dr. Frederick Douglass Holliday
  • Special YDR anniversary section published in connection with Crispus Attucks’ 75h anniversary in 2006 
  • Crispus Attucks’ Goodridge Freedom Center.
  • Crispus Attucks cultural center and museum.