Education Resources
Burlington County Library System
Visit your local library and discover more about the diverse history, culture, languages and arts of the African Diaspora. The Burlington County Library System is comprised of eight public libraries.
http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us
Burlington County College - African American History and Literature Courses
Burlington County College offers the following courses in African American History and Literature
- African American History I - This course is a study of the political, economic, cultural and social evolution of African people from 17th Century West Africa through exploration, colonization, the Atlantic Slave Trade, antebellum America, the Civil War to Reconstruction.
- African American History II - This course is a study of the political, economic, cultural and social evolution of American Africans from the United States Reconstruction period to Modern America.
- African American Literature I - This survey course is intended to acquaint students with African-American literature from the days of early exploration and slavery to the Civil War and the Reconstruction of 1866. The genres of petitions, poetry, fiction, song, personal narrative, and prose will be employed as the primary lenses to view the development of African-American culture. These works will be placed within the framework of the historical, religious, and social record surrounding Americans of African descent. Literary analysis and discussion will attempt to rediscover the ways in which African-Americans established a unique community.
For additional information please contact:
Burlington County College
601 Pemberton Browns Mills Road
Pemberton, NJ 08068
Phone: (609) 894-9311 or (856) 222-9311
http://www.bcc.edu
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Community Organizations
Capitol New Jersey Black Nurses Association
116 Eaves Mill Road
Medford, NJ 08055
Dr. Cleophus Robinson
NJ NAACP - Greater Delaware
PO Box 524
Bordentown, NJ 08505
Ethel Halley
NJ NAACP - South Burlington County
211 5th Street
Southampton, NJ 08088
Rev Willie James
NJ NAACP - Willingboro
105 Alexander Road
Edgewater Park, NJ 08010
