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The Commonwealth Monument Project and Digital Harrisburg Initiative joined together to search for descendants of the 100 Voices of the Commonwealth Monument using “Harvesting Harrisburg History” postcards that featured their names, addresses, birthyear and birthplace, occupations, and family members. Over the next several weeks, 50 descendants were connected with their African American ancestors from the Old Eighth Ward, several of whom contributed to the project's continuation.
Publication Date
2020
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Commonwealth Monument Project, Eighth Ward, Digital Harrisburg, 100 Voices, African Americans, Geneology, Harrisburg, Center for Public Humanities, A Gathering at the Crossroads
Disciplines
African American Studies | Genealogy | History | United States History
Recommended Citation
McArdle, Katie; Corey, Jean; and Pettegrew, David, "Do You Know Me?: The Intergenerational Quest for 100 Distinguished Voices of Harrisburg's African American Community" (2020). One Hundred Voices . 3.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/onehundredvoices/3
Comments
This item was developed and published in collaboration with the IIPT-Commonwealth Monument Project (2018-2020), with support and funding from Messiah University's Center for Public Humanities and the Council of Independent College's Humanities Research for the Public Good Grant Program.
Originally published as: McArdle, Katie, Jean Corey, and David Pettegrew. "Do You Know Me? The Intergenerational Quest for 100 Distinguished Voices of Harrisburg's African American Community." In A Gathering at the Crossroads: For Such a Time as This, edited by Larry Robin and Lenwood Sloand. Souvenir Newspaper. Larry Robin, 2020.