MAPPING NEWARK & NEW JERSEY BLACK HISTORY
We are proud to present Videos and Historic Sites Maps brochure. You can download it here.
It is dedicated to sites relating to Black abolitionists and activists in Newark in the 17th, 18th and 19th century.
The virtual map includes sites in the greater New Jersey.
See below for the direct links to the individual maps and videos!
Map of Black Abolitionist Newark
Black Power! 19th Century Newark Historical Sites
Sites marked with an * are no longer at the historical site.
Map of Black History Sites in New Jersey
Black Power! 19th Century New Jersey Historical Sites
Sites marked with an * no longer exist at that address.
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This week's Black Power! 19th Century map and virtual tour is the Enslaved and Free Black Burial Site and Historical marker at New Jersey Performing Arts (NJPAC) in Newark, NJ.
Join curator and researcher Noelle Lorraine Williams as she explores the former location of Trinity Church's Burial Ground and its surprising contemporary connection to an African American ritual from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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This week's Black Power! 19th Century map and virtual tour is a collaboration with the Newark Museum of Art and highllights several significant artifacts both inside and outside the museum.
Here on the land of the Newark Museum of Art, Noelle Lorraine Williams will tell three interrelated stories connected to Black freedom. Newark, NJ.
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This week's Black Power! 19th Century map and virtual tour is the Plane Street Colored Church/Thirteenth Avenue Church, Newark, NJ.
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Photo Gallery OF SITES ON NEWARK MAP
Even though African Americans lived throughout all of Newark the nucleus of their community (like other major cities) was in the downtown area.
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