Knowing the Past to Understand Our Present This is a community event for the entire family in observance of the documented arrival of African people during 1619 in Jamestown Virginia.
Thank you for attending our Annual Meeting held at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY, on Mon, Dec 17, 2018. The below highlights of the meeting including an annual update
By Jamila Brathwaite The St. Charles African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church today stands on Valentine Road in Sparkill, New York. In 1897, the church was rebuilt in its present location;
Dr. Edmund W. Gordon W. E. B. DuBois once asked a question having to do with whether America could have become America without the participation of the African peoples. He
By Dr. Travis Jackson The discovery of the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan in 1991 stimulated an interest in slavery, as it had existed in New York City during
Civil War Soldier Monologue My name is William Henry Myers and I am a proud CITIZEN of Nyack, New York and these United States! Now, I put emphasis on citizen
By Jamila Brathwaite During World War II, Rockland County became home to the largest U.S. Army embarkation camp in the United States. Camp Shanks was located “in and around Orangeburg
Welcome to the African American Historical Society of Rockland County: Linking/Preserving the Cultures of the African Diaspora (AAHS) Rockland County is indeed the smallest county in the state of New
Kate Savery, the daughter of William Savery, and sister of Cicely Gunner served as principal of the Hillburn Brook School. Her father, William Savery was a master carpenter who was