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History Classic ‘Black Legacy’ Updated and Reissued

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Black Legacy A History of New York's African AmericansWilliam Loren Katz’s Black Legacy: A History of New York’s African Americans (Seven Stories Press edition, 2026) unveils the Black history of New York from 1609 to the present, for readers 12 and up.

A newly issued and revised edition includes a new intro and last chapter with insights on modern-day movements like Black Lives Matter, plus 50+ historical maps, illustrations, and photos. The book is considered essential for educators, libraries, and teens. [Read more…] about History Classic ‘Black Legacy’ Updated and Reissued

The Hawleys, Opposition to the War of 1812 and the Church of the Presidents

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Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley, Self-portrait, water color, Paris, 1897, private collectionThe American artist Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (Perth Amboy, NJ 1860 – Rijsoord, Netherlands 1958), my great-grandmother, lived a long and interesting life. Her artistic career and family history has fascinated me since I was a young girl.

Wilhelmina’s ancestors were English and Scottish migrants, who moved to the east coast of the United States and Canada in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. [Read more…] about The Hawleys, Opposition to the War of 1812 and the Church of the Presidents

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