by lindaoppenheim | Sep 17, 2018 | Events, history
On October 18, 2018, 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton, there will be a panel discussion, in conjunction with exhibitions at Updike Farmstead and Princeton Public Library, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the “Princeton Plan,”...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 28, 2018 | Call to Action
From Dr. Kani Ilangovan: “Please attend the West Windsor town council meeting at 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550, on Monday, July 30 at 7 pm. The town council will be voting on a proposal to have armed retired police in the West Windsor-Plainsoro...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 22, 2018 | Opinion
Shanita Hubbard describes the racist remarks her 8-year-old daughter has heard since their move to a small town in Pennsylvania. “[R]aising a brown girl in a red state means I’m not living in an ideal world. It means being vigilant against the psychological...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 11, 2018 | Article
Anne Levin recounts the history of The Bordentown School–Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth, which was set on 400 acre and which combined a high level academic program with learning a trade. In an interview, John Medley, a graduate and...