History of the African-American Experience in Westfield
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Updated: 3 Sep 2020
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Created byGrace Brindle
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Westfield becomes a townshipLast slave in WestfieldEmancipation ProclamationBethel Baptist Church establishedSt. Luke's AME Zion National Church establishedLangston Hughes lives in WestfieldZora Neale Hurston lives in WestfieldWorks Progress AdministrationBrown v Board of EducationMontgomery Bus BoycottsVoting Rights ActCivil Rights ActWestfield Neighborhood Council FormedAbolition of School Desegregation PlanFirst African-American Town Council MemberDedication of MLK MemorialRobeson Park BuiltWestfield Civic Improvement AssociationMarch for SelmaBrightwood ParkFirst African-American Town Council CandidateEngland takes possession of New JerseyNew Jersey adopts a slave codeMost Westfield families own slavesNew Jersey bans importation of slavesSlaves traded openly in WestfieldFirst African-American Fire ChiefPeriods
Civil WarRevolutionary WarWorld War IHarlem RenaissanceWorld War IIKorean WarVietnam WarPlainfield RiotsToy Lending LibraryWestfield Schools DesegregatedReconstruction
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