Tag: Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
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Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum welcomes three leading African American women to board
The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM), central New Jersey’s first and only Black history museum, welcomes three leading African American women to its Board of Trustees this year. “I must say that working alongside the stellar and passionate Stoutsburg Sourland African American (SSAAM) Board, staff, and founders has been nothing short of exhilarating,” SSAAM…
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Central New Jersey’s only Black history museum held first Juneteenth celebration
The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum – central New Jersey’s only Black history museum – held its first Juneteenth celebration. The family-friendly event, “Freedom Forward,” was held on June 18 at the Mt. Zion AME Church in Skillman, which is listed on the National Historic Register, and the adjacent True Farmstead, a historic African American-owned…
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Central New Jersey’s only Black history museum held first Juneteenth celebration
The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum – central New Jersey’s only Black history museum – held its first Juneteenth celebration. The family-friendly event, “Freedom Forward,” was held on June 18 at the Mt. Zion AME Church in Skillman, which is listed on the National Historic Register, and the adjacent True Farmstead, a historic African American-owned…
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Timberlane Middle School to hold ceremony honoring enslaved people
Timberlane Middle School (TMS) will hold the first-ever Witness Stones ceremony in the state on April 28. TMS, located in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District in Pennington, will host the ceremony from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meeting House, 46-48 W. Broad St., Hopewell. Due to the size of the location,…
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Longtime Sourland Mountain resident turns 101
On Feb. 27, longtime Hopewell resident Evelyn Brooks will turn 101 years old. Known as “Nana Brooks” to friends and neighbors, Brooks is a prominent member of her church and local Black community who has lived in the area for 80 years, according to information provided by Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM). SSAAM is…
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Local museum creates educational Black history resources for New Jersey schools
Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) board member Kevin Burkman delivered a detailed, poster-sized map of Black history sites in the Sourland Mountain region to Village Elementary School in Skillman as part of the museum’s educational outreach program. Montgomery, Hopewell Valley, Princeton and Hillsborough school districts, as well as the Princeton Day School, also received…
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Montgomery church listed on National Register of Historic Places
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, the home of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) in the village of Skillman, Montgomery Township, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 7. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by…
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Indentured servant also served as soldier in Continental Army
The Hopewell Township Committee continued its Black History Month recognitions by discussing the life of Jacob Francis, a free Black man born in Amwell in 1754. Francis had a long history in the area, first as an indentured servant, and then as a soldier in the Continental Army, which was unusual at the time. Larry…