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Guided House Tour: Eyewitness to Black History

  • Crane House & Historic YWCA 110 Orange Road Montclair, NJ 07042 (map)

In-Person

Explore 200 years of Black history in Montclair and New Jersey through rare first-hand accounts, primary and secondary source documents at the Crane House & Historic YWCA. Artifacts include a bill of sale for an enslaved person in the household, an 1800s newspaper, an 1840s New York Knickerbocker magazine, census data, personal letters, oral histories, and mid-century Jet and Ebony magazines. These artifacts provide a springboard for discussion about race both in the past and in the present-day.

Tours begin at 12:00pm, 1:00pm, and 2:00pm at the little red Nathaniel Crane House & Visitor Center
located at the back of the parking lot. No reservations needed.

Masks are optional for the interior portions of the tour.

Admission is $12/adult; $10/student/senior with ID; $8/child; under 2 free. MHC members are free.

Earlier Event: June 18
"RENT" at the Vanguard Theater
Later Event: June 22
Wednesday Drop-In Tours