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