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![]() Year of Jubilee back in printThe Afrolumens Project book, The Year of Jubilee (2 volumes), is back in print and available on Amazon. Updated with new covers, the volumes are at the links below. The Year of Jubilee: Men of God, available here The Year of Jubilee: Men of Muscle, available here New Items
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On This DateJuly events important to local African American history (see the whole year)June 29, 1863: Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins reconnoiters through Shiremanstown to Slate Hill and eastward, to a vantage point on Lisburn Road, from where he is able to see and study the defenses of Harrisburg. He sends his report to General Ewell, in Carlisle, who reviews it early that afternoon and subsequently orders General Robert E. Rodes to attack and capture Harrisburg with his division on Tuesday the thirtieth. Just hours later, however, with news of a rapidly advancing Union army, Robert E. Lee would pull his troops back from the gates of Harrisburg, to concentrate in Gettysburg. June 30, 1863: At 10 am, Union troops push forward from their fortified positions on Hummel Hill and encounter rear-guard troops of Jenkins' Sixteenth Virginia Cavalry near Sporting Hill. A skirmish develops into a full-scale battle, eventually involving support fire from Union and Confederate artillery. The Confederates withdrew toward Carlisle, leaving sixteen dead to be buried in the fields around Sporting Hill. July 2, 1777: Vermont becomes the first state to abolish slavery when it outlaws it in its state constitution. July 2, 1908: Thurgood Marshall, first African American appointed to the Supreme Court, is born in Baltimore. July 25, 1847: Liberia declares its independence. July 25, 1918: Beginning of four days of race riots in Chester, Pennsylvania that leave five people dead. July 26, 1918: Beginning of four days of race riots in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that leave four people dead. July 26, 1948: President Harry S Truman issues executive orders that institute fair hiring practices in the civilian government and wipe out segregation in the armed forces.
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