Whitesboro Historic Preservation Project to Hold Meeting on July 19
Image of historic Whitesboro School. Photo courtesy of Laura Bishop Communications.
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WHITESBORO – The Whitesboro Historic Preservation Project, a town that has a significant legacy in the legacy of Blacks in New Jersey, will hold its monthly community meeting at the Historic Whitesboro School, 100 East Main Street, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, July 19.
The Whitesboro Historic Preservation Project is a consortium of justice-centered persons and organizations committed to working together to preserve the legacy and future of the Whitesboro in Cape May County.
“Our mission is to develop and incorporate Whitesboro into a self-determining, self-governing community under the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States of America,” the project said in an email.
The project will also hold a tour of Whitesboro historic sites starting at the Whitesboro Historical Foundation Museum, 100 East Main Street, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, July 20.
Whitesboro was founded in 1901 by the Equitable Industrial Association, which included several iconic African American leaders of the time like Paul Laurence Dunbar, educator Booker T. Washington and lead investor, U.S. Rep. George Henry White, who represented North Carolina.
Whitesboro was named after White. White and others wanted to create a self-reliant community for Blacks without the fear of discrimination and violence many Blacks found in southern states.
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