Historic Association of Fair Haven

Fair Haven Ruling A Precursor to Brown v. Board of Education

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Collection Patricia Drummond Collection

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Newspaper article examining the Fair Haven Ruling* of the 1880s and its significance as a legal precursor to the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education (by 70 years). The article discusses segregation in Fair Haven schools, the role of Fisk Chapel (formerly Bethel Church), and New Jersey’s legal history regarding “separate but equal” education. *What is commonly referred to as the Fair Haven Ruling refers to an 1881 school segregation dispute in Fair Haven and the New Jersey legislation and court decisions that followed.

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fair haven ruling, school segregation, civil rights, education, fisk chapel, bicentennial hall, ame bethel church, african american history in fair haven, brown v board of education, newspaper article

Letter from historian Joseph A. Grabas regarding the Brown's Lane burying ground

1998

Grabas, Joseph A. Brown, Jacob Still, Samuel Smock, Richard Smock, Hager Jobes, Robert

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Joseph A Grabas, author of Owning New Jersey: Historic Tales of War, Property Disputes & The Pursuit of Happiness" (2014, The History Press)

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Letter by Joseph A. Grabas (July 14, 1998) documenting research on the Brown’s Lane African American community, including land ownership, the Free African Meeting House and School, and evidence of a historic burying ground.

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joseph a grabas, browns lane, african american history in fair haven, burying ground, land ownership, jacob brown, samuel still, free african church, meeting house, historical research, free black community

Letters written by Joseph A. Grabas concerning the historical significance of the Brown's Lane African American burial ground

1998

Grabas, Joseph A. Quero, Anthony Still, Samuel Brown, Jacob

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Joseph A Grabas, author of Owning New Jersey: Historic Tales of War, Property Disputes & The Pursuit of Happiness" (2014, The History Press)

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Letters to the editor by Joseph A. Grabas (August 1998) advocating for preservation and archaeological study of a historic African American burial ground on Brown’s Lane and describing the early free Black community in Fair Haven.

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joseph a grabas, browns lane, african american history, burying ground, preservation, archaeology, civic advocacy, land ownership, free black community

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