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Browsing Local History Articles tagged "African Americans"
Famed Black Panther leader Huey Newton was arrested in Santa Cruz County on May 11, 1978. He was charged with ... [Read more] Americans of African lineage are a people whose historical legacy is of one bondage. Men and women stolen from their ... [Read more] [Read more] [Read more] [Read more] [Read more]
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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MATT TARPY AND THE FOUNDING OF THE PAJARO PROPERTY PROTECTIVE SOCIETY
Matt Tarpy was born in 1826 to Patrick and Bridget Tarpy in the poverty-stricken bogs of County Mayo, Ireland. The great famine of the late 1840s left young Tarpy with no other choice but ..." [More]
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Pajaro Property Protective Society: Vigilantism in the Pajaro Valley During 19th Century - Part 2 by Phil Reader
