Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail

Upper Housatonic Valley
African American Heritage Trail

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African American Heritage in the Upper Housatonic Valley

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WAMC Northeast Public Radio

(2-3 MG audio files)

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Readings

Samuel Harrison, Minister and Activist
Read by Ivan Newton
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The Persips in World War I
Read by Rev. Esther Dozier
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W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Committee
Read by Elaine S. Gunn
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Warren H. Davis, Entrepreneur
Read by Wray Gunn
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Mum Bet (Elizabeth Freeman), Antislavery Pioneer
Read by Josh Burch
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James Mars, Community Leader and Activist
Read by David Levinson
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May E. Brown, Personal Recollections
Read by Mae E. Brown
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Rev. Samuel Harrison

Charles Persip
& Comrade

Warren Davis (center) with men who built the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 1942

W. E. B. Du Bois
Memorial Committee

Warren H Davis

Elizabeth Freeman
'Mum Bet'

James Mars

Photos: Samuel Harrison: Samuel Harrison Society: Persip: Berkshire County Historical Society Collections; Du Bois Committee: Donald B Victor; Warren Davis: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives; Elizabeth Freeman:© Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston MA USA; James Mars:Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.