Guided House Tour Eyewitness to Black History
February 19, 2023 - February 19, 2022
Explore 200 years of Black history in Montclair and New Jersey through rare first-hand accounts, primary and secondary source documents at the Crane House & Historic YWCA. Artifacts include a bill of sale for an enslaved person in the household, an 1800s newspaper, an 1840s New York Knickerbocker magazine, census data, personal letters, oral histories, and mid-century Jet and Ebony magazines. These artifacts provide a springboard for discussion about race both in the past and in the present-day. Tours at 12pm, 1pm and 2pm. $12/adult, $10/student/senior with ID, $8/child, free for those under 2 and MHC members. No reservations needed.
MONTCLAIR HISTORY CENTER
108 Orange Road, Montclair
973.744.1796
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