- African American History: Princeton, New Jersey (1850-1899)
Deaths, marriages, family and church news transcribed from nineteenth-century newspapers.
- African-American Princetonians Are Honored As 'Unsung Heroes'
Article by Candace Braun, Town Topics, February 23, 2005.
- [Booker T. Washington and Grover Cleveland]
A passage from Up from Slavery details the relationship between Washington and Cleveland and includes the information that Washington visited Cleveland at his Princeton home.
- Class Project Brings Community History to Life
Students in Kathryn Watterson's writing seminar, Life Stories: Writing Oral History, collect oral histories of Princeton's African American residents. From the December 11, 2000, issue of Princeton Weekly Bulletin.
- A Community Remembers - African American Life in Princeton
Online exhibition from The Historical Society of Princeton.
- The History of the African American Community in Princeton, New Jersey
From PULSE (Pride Unity Leadership Sisterhood Esteem) of Princeton High School.
- [Letter from John Grier Hibben to Booker T. Washington] (The Booker T. Washington Papers)
Booker T. Washington marched in the academic procession at the 1902 installation of Woodrow Wilson as Princeton University president. Details of his visit are in footnote 2.
- The Other Side of Paradise (Kathryn Federici Greenwood)
Additional coverage of Kathryn Watterson's class and their oral histories project, from Princeton Alumni Weekly, May 14, 2003.
- Princeton History (Princeton Public Library)
Hundreds of links to Princeton history and biography on the Web.
- Slavery at Princeton [University] (John Weeren, Seeley G. Mudd Library)
- That Side of Paradise (Jessica Lautin)
The first of four articles about the John-Witherspoon neighborhood, from the Daily Princetonian, November 13, 2000. Also read Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four.
- Witherspoon Jackson Neighborhood Centerpiece Quilt (Arts Council of Princeton)
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