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Woven With Words
A Collection of African American History in Berks County Pennsylvania
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I. Introduction
II. Religion
a. Religion in the 18th Century
b. Religion in the 19th Century
c. Religion in the 20th Century
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
a. Civil War
b. Black Jim
VI. Education
a. Education in the 18th Century
b. Education in the 19th Century
c. Education in the 20th Century
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
a. Slave Labor in the 18th Century
b. Home Life in the 18th Century
c. Underground Railroad
XI. Did You Know
X. Acknowledgments
XI. Contributors
XII. References
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