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This article was written by Carol L. Clarke, The Bryant Library's Local History Collection Archivist. It was originally published on February 26, 2021 on the Local History Collection's website.
For at least two centuries, African Americans have been an integral part of the greater Roslyn community. Though they have always been a small segment of the population, their lives, particularly throughout the nineteenth century, were closely intertwined with and paralleled those of their white neighbors. Although their lives were constrained in many ways by prejudice and racial discrimination, Roslyn’s Black residents contributed in major ways to the economic and civic life of the community. To continue reading this article, click here.
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