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Young Parmore, Held as Witness, Is Released

1924-01-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Young Parmore, Held as Witness, Is Released; Vice Chancellor Frees Son of Man in Georgia Murder; no decision yet on habeas corpus."

YOUNG MAN (colored) wants position at general housework

1904-03-09

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "YOUNG MAN (colored) wants position at general housework. Has recently arrived from the South. Please call 24 Robinson street."

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YOUNG MAN (colored) respectable, desires steady position

1918-01-05
Morgan

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "YOUNG MAN (colored) respectable, desires steady position. Morgan, 47 Bartlett Street, Phone 281-R"

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YOUNG colored woman with a little child wants situation for general housework

1916-05-22

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "YOUNG colored woman with a little child wants situation for general housework in the country or city. Address H. B., care Home News"

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YOUNG COLORED GIRL WANTED as chambermaid and waitress

1903-04-25

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "YOUNG COLORED GIRL WANTED as chambermaid and waitress. Apply evenings at 40 Union street."

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Woman, Negro Appointed to Newark Court Posts

1970-01-15

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New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reports that Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943 has been elevated to chief magistrate in Newark.

WHITE AND COLORED WOMEN...Employment Agency

1903-08-06

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WHITE AND COLORED WOMEN help can get work at Employment Agency, 56 Somerset street."

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WHEREAS Deborah Obart, my wife has frequently eloped

1792-05-01
Obart, George

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George Obart issues a public notice that his wife Deborah Obart frequently runs away from home; he warns people in Middlesex County not to extend credit to his wife. This notice was published in a New Brunswick newspaper, but the location of Obart's…

WANTED: COLORED WOMAN TO WORK IN LUNCH ROOM

1918-09-09
Gibbs, Mrs.

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED: COLORED WOMAN TO WORK IN LUNCH ROOM. $15 PER WEEK. APPLY MRS. GIBBS. 79 JERSEY AVE."

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WANTED—TWO GOOD COLORED GIRLS, cook and nurse

1887-04-05

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—TWO GOOD COLORED GIRLS, cook and nurse. Best recommendations required. Address X, Home News Office."

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WANTED—Two colored girls at once...waitress

1918-01-05

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Two colored girls at once, one must be experienced waitress. Apply manager, Queen Victoria, 137 Livingston avenue."

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WANTED—Strong, capable colored woman for laundry work

1911-10-17

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Strong, capable colored woman for laundry work; wages $25 a month. Address J. W. H., Home News."

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WANTED—Southern colored help furnished

1903-05-19
Martin & Co.

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Southern colored help furnished, cooks, drivers, farm hands, etc. Martin & Co. No. 208 N. Ninth street, Richmond, Va."

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WANTED—Small girl, colored preferred, to attend two small children

1911-07-10
Duryee, Mrs.

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Small girl, colored preferred, to attend two small children. Mrs. Duryee, 169 New Street"

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WANTED—Honest, industrious colored boy...Piano Warerooms

1904-07-29
Gibeson, J. Fred

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Honest, industrious colored boy. Must give good references. Steady position to right boy. J. Fred Gibeson, Piano Warerooms, 193 Neilson St"

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WANTED—Experienced colored maid as chambermaid and waitress

1918-10-24

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Experienced colored maid as chambermaid and waitress, and willing to care for child or five in afternoons; three in family; references required. Call evenings. 2 Grant avenue."

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WANTED—Competent chambermaid and waitress

1903-03-24

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Competent chambermaid and waitress. Colored preferred. Apply 138 Livingston avenue, between 2 and 5 p.m."

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WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN

1887-06-14

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—COLORED WAITER MAN, MUST understand his business and come well recommended. Apply at Palmer House."

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WANTED—Colored girl to work at Nixon Nitration Restaurant

1920-05-05
Nixon Nitration Restaurant

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Colored girl to work at Nixon Nitration Restaurant. $14 per week. Apply at Restaurant, Nixon, N.J."

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WANTED—Colored girl for lunch room work

1918-01-22
Gibb, Mrs.

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Colored girl for lunch room work. Must be neat and quick. Good pay. Apply 8 to 10 mornings. Mrs. Gibb 79 Jersey avenue."

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WANTED—At Wells Hospital, a competent colored maid

1911-04-01
Wells Memorial Hospital

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—At Wells Hospital, a competent colored maid for general housework; no cooking. Call between 8:30 and 10 a.m."

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WANTED—Ambitious colored woman to help with housework

1918-09-09
Kalb, Mrs. A.

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—Ambitious colored woman to help with housework by day. Apply Mrs. A. Kalb, 176 Easton avenue."

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WANTED—A competent chambermaid and waitress, colored preferred

1911-10-31

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—A competent chambermaid and waitress, colored preferred; must be a good cleaner. Address A. L., Home News."

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WANTED—A COLORED GIRL for general housework

1889-03-25
Stevens, Thomas

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED—A COLORED GIRL for general housework, to sleep home. Thomas Stevens, United States Hotel"

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WANTED Two colored housemaids at Wells Memorial Hospital

1910-10-06
Wells Memorial Hospital

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED Two colored housemaids at Wells Memorial Hospital. Call at 9 am."

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WANTED TO PURCHASE, Two active Negro Boys

1795-10-26
Brush, T.

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New Brunswick merchant Timothy Brush seeks to purchase two black boys at his Intelligence Office.

WANTED Bright colored boy...to wait on table

1903-12-28

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "WANTED Bright colored boy, about 18 years, to wait on table and work about house. Good position. Give reference. Experience preferred. Address "A. R.," this office."

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Walter White to Be Principal Speaker for Colored People

1922-04-19

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing Walter F. White as the principal speaker for NAACP's upcoming mass meeting at the New Brunswick High School.

Two-Year Delay Seen By Lawyers In the Parmore Case

1924-01-19

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

TWO NEGROMEN [pickup notice for Matthew Fairfax and Levi Brown]

1801-03-27
Keenon, Peter

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Two black men, Matthew Fairfax and Levi Brown, were captured and committed to jail in New Brunswick as suspected runaways on January 1, 1801. Peter Keenon, the keeper of the prison of Middlesex county, publishes a notice stating that the two men will…

Twenty-five Dollars Rward [runaway ad for Nance]

1810-05-31
Rue, William

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Nance, a 20-year-old black woman, ran away from slaveholder William Rue on May 12, 1810, in the vicinity of Spotswood, Middlesex County (approximately 8 miles south of New Brunswick). Nance is literate and her master suspects that she forged a pass…

Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Peat]

1814-01-20
Vanderveer, Garret G.

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Peat, a 25-year-old black man, ran away from slaveholder Garret G. Vanderveer, living within 6 miles of Monmouth Court House (in present-day Freehold, Monmouth County). Peat escaped on December 8, 1813. Garret G. Vanderveer offers a reward of $20 for…

Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Elsy Murray]

1818-05-14
Bogart, Peter

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Elsy Murray, a 20-year-old black woman, ran away from slaveholder Peter Bogart in Princeton on February 13, 1818. Elsy Murray could read well and had a pass for 2 days. She had a brother near Piscataway, and the slaveholder supposed that someone…

Twenty Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Cornelius Sinco aka Cornelius Bloomfield]

1816-02-08
Crow, Benjamin

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Cornelius Sinco, alias Cornelius Bloomfield, a black indented apprentice aged 19, ran away from his master Benjamin Crow in Woodbridge on October 15, 1815. His master offers a reward of $20 for Cornelius's return or confinement in the New Brunswick…

Treatment of Negroes

1922-05-06

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Opinion piece by a reporter in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

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To Rent, THAT elegant and established stand for business...also...For Sale, A BLACK WOMAN

1815-04-13
Parker, William B.

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William B. Parker and Joseph W. Scott, administrators of the estate of the late Alpheus Freeman, seek to sell a black woman, aged 24. Alpheus Freeman (1766-1813) was a Queen's College graduate, class of 1788, and a lawyer with substantial real estate…

TO BE SOLD. A HEALTHY, likely Negro girl

1794-11-11

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A slaveholder in the New Brunswick area seeks to sell a 14-year-old black girl in a private sale. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply for more information to the printer of the local newspaper…

TO BE SOLD, A Young healthy likely NEGRO WOMAN

1792-05-01

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A slaveholder around New Brunswick seeks to sell a young black woman, aged 20, together with her 14-month-old daughter. The slaveholder is not named in the ad, and the prospective buyers are asked to apply to the printers of the Brunswic Gazette…

TO BE SOLD, a healthy NEGRO MAN

1795-10-26
Bloomfield, Samuel

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Samuel Bloomfield of Woodbridge seeks to sell a 25-year-old black man in a private sale.

To be SOLD at Private Sale...NEGRO WENCH...with a likely male child

1793-10-23
Haskell, Samuel

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Samuel Haskell seeks to sell a black woman, aged 20, together with her 18-month-old son in a private sale.

To be Sold at Private Sale. A NEGRO WENCH...also a Negro Boy

1793-10-23
Story, William

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William Story seeks to sell a black woman, aged 27, and a black boy aged 8, in Matchiponix (now usually spelled Matchaponix) in Middlesex County.

THREE POUNDS REWARD [runaway ad for Cato]

1794-07-03
M'Kissick, William

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A black man named Cato, aged 33, ran away from slaveholder William M'Kissick near Pluckemin, Somerset County. William M'Kissick offers a reward of 3 pounds for Cato's capture and mentions that Cato formerly belonged to Col. Philip Van Horne near…

THREE DOLLARS REWARD [runaway ad for apprentice James Gilman]

1792-05-01
Bloomfield, John

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A 16-year-old apprentice named James Gilman ran away from his master John Bloomfield at Woodbridge on January 30, 1792. Gilman was seen leaving Boye's tavern in the village of Quibbletown (present-day New Market area in Piscataway) and going toward…

Ten Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Robin and Sam]

1792-05-01
Robinson, Alexander

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Two black men, Robin and Sam, ran away from slaveholder Alexander Robinson at Belment Farm, near Morristown, on April 9, 1792. Robin was 50 years old and Sam was younger, but his precise age is not mentioned in the newspaper notice. Alexander…

Ten Dollars Reward [jailbreak notice for Rachel]

1815-03-16
Farmer, George

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Rachel, a 20-year-old black woman, escaped from the Middlesex County jail in New Brunswick on the night of January 15, 1814. George Farmer, owner of the Belle Vue estate across the river from New Brunswick (in present-day Highland Park) offers a…

Take Issue with Georgia Paper on Parmore's Arrest

1924-01-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

SOUTHERN colored help furnished

1911-05-05
Martin & Co.

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "SOUTHERN colored help furnished; cooks, maids, drivers, farm and dairy hands, etc. Martin & Co. 828 E Broad Street, Richmond, VA"

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Society for Advancement of Colored People Here

1922-04-03

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News listing these newly elected officers of the New Brunswick NAACP: president, N. G. Thompson [correct name is Moses G. Thompson]; vice president, J. W. Watson; secretary, Thomas A. Matthews;…

Six Cents Reward [runaway ad for apprentice Samuel Myers]

1822-11-14
Conover, William

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An apprentice named Samuel Myers, aged 19, ran away from his master William Conover at Raritan Landing on November 2, 1822.

SIX CENTS REWARD [runaway ad for apprentice James Smock]

1815-03-16
Downs, Robert

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Indented apprentice James Smock, aged 16, ran away from his master Robert Downs in New Brunswick on August 20, 1814. Robert Downs offers a reward of 6 cents for Smock's capture and warns others not to harbor or trust the runaway.

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SITUATION wanted by competent colored girl at general housework

1905-02-04

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "SITUATION wanted by competent colored girl at general housework; private family preferred. Good wages expected. Apply 292 Delevan street."

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Situation Wanted - Female

1913-04-21
Mitchell

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "COLORED WOMAN wants work by day. Cleaning, washing, and ironing. Mitchell, 20 Railroad avenue"

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Silas Paramore, Sentenced to Hang Last August, 'Feeling Fine'

1925-04-23

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Seventy Dollars Reward [runaway ad for Dick and John]

1822-10-24
Woodmansee, Daniel

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Dick, a 16-year-old enslaved boy, left the house of his master Daniel Woodmansee, near Princeton, on September 1, 1822. Woodmansee posts a notice that Dick was "stolen away" by a man named John. The notice describes Dick as a "mulatto boy" and John…

SCRUB WOMAN colored, wanted for five months work at Spring Lake

1916-04-28
Brown, Louis

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Advertisement in the Daily Home News: "SCRUB WOMAN colored, wanted for five months work at Spring Lake. Call Louis Brown, 44 College Avenue"

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Resigns from Board

1949-06-16

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An article reporting that Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons, two African American seniors at the New Jersey College for Women, “expressed gratitude for the aid from the Urban League which made possible their stay in the N.J.C. dormitories.”

Racial Animosities Deplored by Speakers at Mass Meeting Here

1922-04-27

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News reporting about a mass meeting of the local NAACP that took place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School. Speakers included Walter F. White (assistant secretary of the national…

Photographs: Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment Rally with Jesse Jackson

1985-04-24

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Photographs of Jesse Jackson speaking at the anti-apartheid rally organized by the Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment (RCTD) as part of their on-going divestment protests in April 1985. Headline above the photographs reads: "Every generation must…

Photographs: Demonstration for RU divestment

1985-04-16

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Page 4 of the student newspaper Daily Targum featuring photographs of anti-apartheid divestment protests at Rutgers in April 1985. Photographs by Dave Pettit, Ted Cohen, and Dorab Khandalavala.

Photograph of Edward H. Lawson Jr. with news about United Nations job printed in the Rutgers Alumni Monthly

1947-05

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Photograph of Edward H. Lawson Jr. (RC 1933) printed in the Rutgers Alumni Monthly issue of May 1947, accompanied by a news item from Lawson about his new job at the United Nations. These clippings were preserved in Lawson's alumni biographical file.…

Petition Put in Circulation for Parmore Aid

1923-12-22

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore's Wife Feels Certain Lynching Would Follow Return to Georgia

1923-12-21

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore's Wife Feels Certain Lynching Would Follow Return to Georgia; Details Trap Set For Husband By Attache of Prosecutor's Office—Confident Defendant Is…

Parmore Writ Argument Goes Off to January 8

1923-12-24

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore to Be Sent to Georgia

1924-01-15

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore to Be Sent to Georgia; Negro Loses Fight Against Extradition on Charge of Murder; will take appeal to errors court."

Parmore Record Made Public by Detective David

1924-01-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Parmore Convicted and Sentenced to Pay Death Penalty; Record Trial in Georgia Court of Negro Arrested Here Several Weeks Ago

1924-07-29

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Record Trial in Georgia Court of Negro Arrested Here Several Weeks Ago; Case Started Yesterday Morning and Ended Early Last Evening; Extradition Was Bitterly…

Parmore Appeal Is Put on File

1924-01-16

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Parmore Appeal Is Put on File; Counsel For Georgia Man Declare Case May Go to U. S. Supreme Court; costs deposited at Trenton today."

Paramore to Be Given New Trial

1925-10-09

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Paramore to Be Given New Trial; Colored Man Arrested Here to be Tried in Dawson, Ga.; Kalteissen Wins Appeal Fight."

One Cent Reward [runaway ad for apprentice Dennis Oglesby]

1810-05-31
Coon, William

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Apprentice Dennis Oglesby ran away from his master William Coon near Middlebrook on April 4, 1810. Coon offers a nominal reward of one cent for Dennis Oglesby's capture. The runaway notice does not mention Oglesby's race or color or any identifying…

On the Inside of Democracy at Work

1942-12

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Article about Edward H. Lawson Jr. RC1933 in the Rutgers Alumni Monthly of December 1942, highlighting Lawson's work with the War Manpower Commission. Lawson investigates complaints of discrimination and unfair practice in industries because of…

Obituary of John Chandler of Fanwood, phys ed teacher in Edison

1978-10-12

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Obituary of John Thomas "Pomp" Chandler (RC 1937) printed in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Notice [pickup notice for Tom and Frank]

1825-10-26
Bonnington, Joseph

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Two black men, Tom and Frank, were captured as suspected runaways on October 10, 1825, and confined to the Perth Amboy jail.

No Trap Laid for Parmore, Is David Assertion

1923-12-22

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Newark mayor visits apartheid sit-in

1985-04-23
Archibold, Randal C.

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Article in the student newspaper Daily Targum discussing Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson's visit to the divestment protest organized by the Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment (RCTD) and the student organizers' negative view of Gibson's motives. The…

New Association of Colored People Wants Hall of Own

1922-03-14

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing the first election of officers for the New Brunswick NAACP. The new organization has nearly 100 members and hopes to soon obtain a hall or meeting space of its own. The organization…

Negroes to Hold Big Newark Convention

1922-05-20

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News about the upcoming national conference of the NAACP to take place in Newark, NJ, on June 18-23, 1922.

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N.J.C. Seniors Receive Top Honors

1949-06-05

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Sunday Times about the Heritage Award presented to Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass College). The article contains a photograph of the…

Mass Meeting to Present View of the Colored Race

1922-04-26

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News promoting a mass meeting of the local NAACP to take place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School, with a program of speeches, song, and music. Walter F. White will serve as the…

Mass Meeting for Advancement of the Colored People

1922-04-24

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a mass meeting of the local NAACP to take place on April 26, 1922, at the New Brunswick High School, with a program of speeches, song, and music. Walter F. White will serve as the…

Make Anti-Lynching Bill a Law Before the Parmore Fight Is Dropped

1924-01-21

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Make Anti-Lynching Bill a Law Before the Parmore Fight Is Dropped; Colored People Make Further Contributions at Meeting—State-Wide Gathering Scheduled for Newark."

Maintenance of Mrs. Parmore is Given Kalteissen

1923-12-19

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Maintenance of Mrs. Parmore is Given Kalteissen; County Authorities Turn Colored Woman Over to Local Association; latter satisfied as to treatment."

Local Colored People Oppose Extradition of Man in Georgia Murder

1923-12-10

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Local Colored People Oppose Extradition of Man in Georgia Murder; Retain Lawyer Kalteissen to Fight Move Before Governor—Assert Fair Trial in South Impossible."

Lee and David at Wide Variance on Parmore Facts

1923-12-20

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News: "Lee and David at Wide Variance on Parmore Facts; Colored Clergyman Asserts Wife of Accused Southerner Was Hidden; statement coming from Kalteissen."

League for Advancement of Colored Folk to Meet

1922-12-20

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Article in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing NAACP's last meeting of the year at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Ku Klux Cross Near J. & J. Plant; South River Also

1923-08-10

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New Brunswick Daily Home News reports that members of the Ku Klux Klan burned two crosses overnight. One fifteen-foot cross was discovered in front of the Johnson & Johnson factory on George Street in New Brunswick; it was promptly extinguished…

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Klan Open-Air Initiation Was Great Publicity Stunt; Declare Local Branch 400 Strong; Hobbs Not a Member

1923-05-04

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Daily Home News article about a massive Ku Klux Klan (KKK) initiation ceremony held on May 2, 1923, at a farm near New Brunswick. The article contains a photograph of a burning cross and hooded attendees. The photograph is captioned: "Blaxing…

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Jolly Kleagle from Middle West Intimates There Are Over 9,000 Klansmen in Middlesex County

1924-08-10

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New Brunswick Sunday Times reporter interviews a Kleagle (high ranking officer) of the Ku Klux Klan. The Kleagle states that current Klan membership in Middlesex County stands at 9,000 as of August 1924, a 200 percent increase since December of 1923.…

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Jackson will participate in rally, meeting with Bloustein possible

1985-04-23
Pettit, Dave

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Article in the student newspaper Daily Targum detailing plans for Jesse Jackson's appearance at an anti-apartheid rally organized by the Rutgers Coalition for Total Divestment (RCTD). Begins on the front page and continues on page 9. Features a…

Ivy Oration

1892-06-22
Carr, James Dickson

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Text of the "Ivy Oration" that James Dickson Carr delivered at the 1892 commencement exercises, as printed in the Rutgers student newspaper Targum on June 22, 1892.

In custody in Middlesex gaol, the following negro men [pickup notice for Adam Hill, Henry Hall, and Isaac Harmone]

1800-01-07

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Three black men, Adam Hill, Henry Hall, and Isaac Harmone, were captured and committed to jail in New Brunswick as suspected runaways. The keeper of the Middlesex county jail publishes a notice stating that the three men will be sold by the jailer if…

Hunger Strikers (Letter to the Editor)

1985-04-16

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Letter to the editor of the Daily Targum from "The Hunger Strikers"—student activists who called for Rutgers University's divestment from corporations that profited from apartheid in South African.

How Georgia Newspaper Views Attempts Here to Bar Extradition of Parmore

1924-01-09

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Hold Hearing in Paremore Case Before Governor

1923-12-17

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Article about the Silas Parmore case in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News.

Harry Hazelwood Jr. update in the alumni magazine

1945-10

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The October 1945 issue of the Rutgers Alumni Monthly magazine provides an update about Harry Hazelwood Jr. RC1943, who is graduating from Cornell Law School.

Good and faithful servant won recognition in way some couldn't see

2002-12-30
Harris, David J.

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Clipping of an article by David J. Harris about the passing of Alice Jennings Archibald and her service to the community.

Goal blocked for gifted athlete

1978-10-29
Fleming, Jimmie

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Profile of John Thomas "Pomp" Chandler (RC 1937) printed in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News after Chandler's death in 1978. The article discusses Chandler's success as an athlete at Rutgers, especially in lightweight football, and the…

Former Rutgers Student's Film Will Be Exhibited Here Sunday

1938-12-16

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Article about Edward H. Lawson Jr. (RC 1933) in the New Brunswick newspaper Daily Home News announcing a showing of Lawson's new film "Let My People Live."

For want of Employ, will be Sold Cheap...Negro Girl

1793-10-23
Vickers, Mary

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The administrators of the estate of Thomas L. Vickers in New Brunswick seek to sell a 17-year-old black girl. The administrators are Moses Scott, John Bray, and Mary Vickers.