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DESCRIPTION:Beginning during the planning for Stockton Juneteenth 2013 it was clear 
 that broad based education, utilizing primary source documents was 
 essential to quantify the early contribution by people of African ancestry 
 in San Joaquin County, the heart of the California Central Valley Gold 
 Rush.  A Stockton Juneteenth History Project builds upon the work 
 established in the tradition of Sankofa.      \n\nAre you interested in the 
 history of the early Black Families in San Joaquin County?  \nTogether, we 
 will begin compiling, documenting and preserving the history of these 
 families? Or maybe your own?\n\nOn Thursday, February 27, at 5:30-7:30 p.m. 
 the Margaret K. Troke Branch Library presents Historical Legacy of Black 
 Families in San Joaquin County.  Our Stockton Juneteenth History Project 
 seeks to engage the broader community to identify and preserve an amazing 
 part of the legacy of our region.   \n\nOur 2014 Stockton Black History 
 Month Program entitled, exploring the Historical Legacy of Black Families 
 in San Joaquin County will be coordinated by Michael Harris, Chair of the 
 California Black Agriculture Working Group. The workshop will feature 
 education, history and genealogy supporters from the broader 
 community.\n\nTogether, we will explore the historical legacy of Black 
 Families in San Joaquin County, highlighting the California Gold Rush era 
 and U.S. Civil War era.  It is important to understand that people enslaved 
 were considered property, prohibited from reading, writing, attending 
 school, legally marrying, owning land, owning a business, voting, and 
 participating in many other activities that generate the type of records on 
 which much genealogical research is based.\n\nThe workshop will also 
 include genealogical research methods from other ethnic backgrounds in a 
 broad based effort to share our common history in the California Central 
 Valley, 1846 - 1865.  \n\nEveryone is welcome to attend our free community 
 workshop.\n\nThis free program is provided through generosity of the 
 California Black Agriculture Working Group and the Stockton Friends of the 
 Library. \n\nThe Margaret K. Troke Branch Library is a part of the 
 Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library and is located at 502 W. 
 Benjamin Holt in Stockton.  \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/08/18750520.php
SUMMARY:Explore the Early Historical Legacy of Black Families in San Joaquin County
LOCATION:Margaret K. Troke Branch Library, 502 W. Benjamin Holt, Stockton
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/08/18750520.php
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