Article from the Newark Evening News covering the educational career of James Baxter, principal of the first “Colored School” in Newark for 45 years. Baxter was also the first African American principal in Newark’s public school system. — Credit: Newark Public Library
Article from the Newark Evening News covering the educational career of James Baxter, principal of the first “Colored School” in Newark for 45 years. Baxter was also the first African American principal in Newark’s public school system. — Credit: Newark Public Library
A look inside the house at 70 Warrent Street where Jacob King and his family lived and harbored “fugitive slaves” travelling North on the Underground Railroad. — Credit: Newark Sunday Call
A look inside the house at 70 Warrent Street where Jacob King and his family lived and harbored “fugitive slaves” travelling North on the Underground Railroad. — Credit: Newark Sunday Call
A look inside the house at 70 Warrent Street where Jacob King and his family lived and harbored “fugitive slaves” travelling North on the Underground Railroad. — Credit: Newark Sunday Call
A look inside the house at 70 Warrent Street where Jacob King and his family lived and harbored “fugitive slaves” travelling North on the Underground Railroad. — Credit: Newark Sunday Call
Unmarked newsclipping announcing a celebration to commemorate the passage of the 15th Amendment. Frederick Douglass delivered an address at the event, which was held April 6, 1882. — Credit: Newark Public Library
This is the house at 70 Warrent Street where Jacob King and his family lived and harbored “fugitive slaves” travelling North on the Underground Railroad. — Credit: Newark Sunday Call
