| The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey Contributor(s): Armstrong, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467143588 ISBN-13: 9781467143585 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - True Crime | Murder - General - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: 364.109 |
| LCCN: 2019939744 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Author Brian Armstrong tells the shocking story of this "sundown town" and how it evolved into the diverse community that exists today. On March 1, 1894, two African American men broke into a home in rural Franklin Park and murdered a |
Contributor Bio(s): Armstrong, Brian: - Brian Armstrong is an independent historian, researcher and author. A native of New Jersey and current resident of Mount Laurel, Armstrong was president of the South River Historical & Preservation Society for ten years and is now the vice-president, Central Region, for the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey. In 2015, he co-wrote South River (Arcadia Publishing) with Stephanie Bartz and Nan Whitehead. He also frequently writes articles for the Bar Harbor Historical Society in Bar Harbor, Maine, where his mother's family lived for several hundred years. Armstrong lectures throughout the state on local history, World War I, the Spanish Influenza and political history. |