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The African American Presence at TCNJ 1855-1965, Part Two

Searching for Dorothy Frisbey ’17, the first Black Writer for the Signal Our last post on our investigation of the early history of the African American presence at the The College of New Jersey disclosed that while the curriculum and popular entertainment on campus reflected ideas about African American people and culture, the only extant …

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1917 advertisement for the New Jersey State Normal School describing the courses of study available

The African American presence at TCNJ 1855-1965

The African American presence at 1855-1965 In the course of our archival research on the founding of the Department of African American Studies, we learned some intriguing facts about the African American presence at The College from the days of its founding as the New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools (a Normal school is …

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