Pennsylvania Highlands Community College - African American Heritage Collection

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This collection focuses on the heritage of African Americans in the Johnstown region.
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Adult Education Class
Adult Education Class
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Education--adult education
Adult education class, sponsored by the WPA at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church 1920s.
Annie Brown fairfax
Annie Brown fairfax
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Annie Brown Jackson Fairfax, Grandmother of Gloria Hepborn Williams
Brown-Fairfax
Brown-Fairfax
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Annie Brown Jackson, Charles Fairfax. Charles Edgar 1893-1978, Agnes Estelle 1900-1962, Beatrice May 1902-1904, James William 1904-1938, Rosa Rebecca (not born) 1906-1977
Building the Que
Building the Que
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Quemahoning Dam--Somerset County--Pennsylvania--Construction
Building the Quemahoning Dam in 1909. In the photo is the Marion Steam Shovel Model 20. In the foreground is a Black teamster.
Chorus group
Chorus group
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Religion-- Church Chorus
Church chorus group in robes
Church social Trinity Methodist
Church social Trinity Methodist
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Religion-- Trinity Methodist Church--Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Church social at Trinity Methodist Church
Civil defense
Civil defense
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Civil Defense -- Johnstown-- Pennsylvania
Civil Defense - District 2, Zone 1 5th and 6th Wards-Headquarters
Claudia Jones and two secretaries
Claudia Jones and two secretaries
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Claudia Jones (middle ) and two coworkers.
Claudia Jones in school hallway
Claudia Jones in school hallway
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Claudia Jones in school building Johnstown School District
Clea Hollis
Clea Hollis
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Clea Hollis (first row, right) and friends
Clearing flood debris
Clearing flood debris
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Johnstown Flood--1889--Debris--Aftermath
Clearing debris from the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Couple in coupe
Couple in coupe
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Couple posing in a coupe car
Culinary class
Culinary class
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Education----Adult----Vocational
Adult education class, former Franklin High School
Cutting wedding cake
Cutting wedding cake
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Wedding--ceremony--tradition
Couple cutting wedding cake at reception
Davis WWI
Davis WWI
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, World War I, 1914-1918,--Military personnel
World War I doughboy. Joseph Davis - served in France with Black troops under the command of General "Black Jack" Pershing. General Pershing was White as were all commanding officers. Davis was discharged in 1919 at Fort Dix, N.J.
Dorothy Gordon Bradley
Dorothy Gordon Bradley
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Dorothy Gordon Bradley in a tree
Dr. Levi Hollis
Dr. Levi Hollis
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Education--secondary--administration
Dr. Levi Hollis (1932-1989), Superintendent of the Greater Johnstown School District
Dressed in Sunday best Franklin Boro
Dressed in Sunday best Franklin Boro
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Young woman on a street in Franklin Borough. Man and car in the background
East Conemaugh girls softball team
East Conemaugh girls softball team
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Sports--softball--woman
East Conemaugh girls softball team.
Employees of democrat
Employees of democrat
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Employees of the Tribune Democrat