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Woven with Words
A Collection of African American History in Berks County Pennsylvania
I. Introduction
II. Religion
III. Cultural Life
a. Baseball
b. Football
c. Lenny Moore
d. Art & Artists in the 20th Century
e. Youth
IV. Families
a. Women
b. Miller-Long-Evans Family Tree
c. Templeton Family
d. Western Berks
e. Local Historians
f. African Americans in Reading
V. Civil War
VI. Education
VII. Justice
a. Freedom Fought and Denied
b. Attitudes About Slavery in the 19th Century
c. Civil Rights
d. Segregation
e. Local Community Boyertown
f. Community Firsts
g. Heathcare
h. Reading Branch NAACP
i. Having a Voice
j. Occupations in the 20th Century
k. Local Politics
VIII. Slavery
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