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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "African Americans"

Huey Newton Arrested in Santa Cruz County

Famed Black Panther leader Huey Newton was arrested in Santa Cruz County on May 11, 1978. He was charged with ... [Read more]

To Know My Name: A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County, by Phil Reader

Americans of African lineage are a people whose historical legacy is of one bondage. Men and women stolen from their ... [Read more]

To Know My Name: A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County, by Phil Reader

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To Know My Name: A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County, by Phil Reader

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To Know My Name: A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County, by Phil Reader

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To Know My Name: A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County, by Phil Reader

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A Walk Through Time: Joseph Smallwood, by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow

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A Walk Through Time: "Uncle" Dave Boffman, by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow

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Uncle Dave's Story: The Life of Ex-Slave Dave Boffman, by Phil Reader

A demoralized Dave Boffman moved back to town and went to work as a day laborer. He was employed for ... [Read more]

Uncle Dave's Story: The Life of Ex-Slave Dave Boffman, by Phil Reader

For thirty-six years he lived quietly on a small homestead which was located atop a wooded hill at the end ... [Read more]

Oscar Thomas "O.T." Jackson, by Phil Reader

As a young man, he had cut hair for a number of years at a small barber shop in the ... [Read more]

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Editor’s note: The writer is on the staff at the Aptos Library. [Now retired]

Many Aptos residents believe that “Helen’s” (Wikkerink) library, which began in 1944, was the first library in the area. It wasn’t. It was the first continuous one – her efforts made the Aptos library what ..." [More]

Excerpted from The First Aptos Library, and How It Grew… by Margaret Souza