I have a number of the old "TRENTON" magazines in my collection and it is a bittersweet journey back to the years when Trento...

The history of the African-American community is and has been one of the subjects that has som e very interesting historic facts...

Apropos of Black History Month, this article from the growing "AFRICAN-AMERICAN" folder in the Local History Collection, this a...

From the growing "AFRICAN-AMERICAN" and "SHILOH BAPTIST" folders in the Hamilton Township Public Library, this intere...

As I followed the exploits of Vincent Harvey and his desire to be a Trenton police officer, it became clear to me that nasty, nasty racism w...

Over the past few years I have been encapsulating and digitizing the John Cleary/Harry Podmore "Trenton in Bygone Days" articles. ...

1902: TRENTON'S NEW SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH Events surrounding the dedication of the legendary Shiloh Baptist Church of Trenton is d...

Racism was alive in well back in19th and early 20th century Trenton as the above article I wrote back in 1992 will attest. The idea that a b...

Men like John Herbert, a pioneer South Trenton African-American citizen, was descended from a black family whose roots go back to the years...

Events surrounding the dedication of the legendary Shiloh Baptist Church of Trenton is described in detail in the article. Unfortunately, th...

Here is Ms. Mills' interesting article on the genesis of slavery, traced back to Africa and including the 17th century when the colonies...

HERE'S A CLASS PHOTO OF LINCOLN SCHOOL'S CLASS OF 1938. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO REALIZE THAT WE IN THE TRENTON-MERCER AREA HAD A ...

From the "AFRICAN-AMERICAN" and "LINCOLN SCHOOL" folders in the Hamilton Library's local history collection comes t...

FROM THE "AFRICAN AMERICAN" FOLDER IN THE LIBRARY COMES THIS INTERESTING ARTICLE ON A LITTLE KNOWN BLACK LEADER FROM TRENTON'S...

ON MARCH 18, I POSTED AN INTERESTING ARTICLE REGARDING U.S. CONGRESSIONAL SEGREGATION WHICH WAS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH...

IKE HAD AN INCREDIBLE BOXING CAREER. HIS NAME WAS NUMBER ONE BACK IN THE 1940'S WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME. I REMEMBER HOW NEAT WE THOUGHT...

It was a shameful period for the American military during the second World War. The thousands of black men who served our country were treat...

As this article reveals, austerity was priority number one among some members of Princeton's Bright Hope Baptist Church.

Still in keeping with Black History Month, another file from the Local History Collection's "AFRICAN-AMERICAN" folder, tells o...

Captain Ellwood Driver of Trenton joins two other airmen as they are appointed to the U.S. Army. Are there any other Trenton area living or ...