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was a newspaper ca. 1915 edited and published by James A. Garfield Lightfoot, a lawyer. Its address was documented as 40 North Indiana Avenue. Lightfoor's law partner was Isaac Henry Nutter. Nutter and Lightfoot were graduates of Howard University.
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conducted studies and published on "Negro" life in New Jersey including a "History of the Negro Church in New Jersey". The Organization of Teachers of Colored Children in the State of New Jersey met in Atlantic City.
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was active in the community. The six-story Liberty Hotel on Baltic Avenue served Black customers after segregation was imposed during the
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African Americans came to Atlantic City in substantial numbers during the
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wrote about the community and carried out oral history interviews.
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Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944
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African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
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was a successful businesswoman and community leader.
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African Americans
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Fannie Lou Hamer
1964 Democratic National Convention
Richlyn Faye Goddard
Great Migration
Missouri Avenue Beach
New Jersey State Library
C. Morris Cain
Jim Crow era
West Indies
Club Harlem
Works Project Administration
African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey
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