African American Wheeling
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AFRICAN AMERICAN WHEELING
Slavery:
▼ SlaveryThe Underground Railroad in 1849 Lucy Bagby: Last person returned to slavery under the Fugitive Slave Act, 1860 Former slave and political community leader Emancipation Day, 1867 Emancipation Day, 1891 Emancipation Day, 1896 Emancipation Day, 1909
Schools:
➤ Lincoln School Early Lincoln School Principal Dunbar School in Triadelphia
Public Service:
➤ William Burrus: Former president of the American Postal Workers Union Nurse for Ohio County Schools Wheeling's first black Vice Mayor Wheeling's first black City Council member Wheeling's first black policeman Mentor, benefactor, and friend of the community
Military Service:
➤ Campbell Guards , Formation in 1880
Organizations:
➤ Atkinson ClubAtkinson Club formed, 1888 Beau Brummel Organization Blue Triangle Branch of the YWCA Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Celebration, 1887 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Programme, 1896 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Meets, 1912 African-American Knights of Pythias Group Erects New Building, 1928 Pythian Building
Musicians:
➤ Chu Berry: Jazz Tenor Sax Player Classical Music Conductor
Race Relations:
➤ Beech Bottom Race Riot, 1921
News:
➤ Notes in the Baltimore Afro-American , 1926-1947Pastors Resign From All African American Churches in Wheeling , 1926Wheeling's 20th Man , broadcast on WWVA, February 9, 1936
Photographs from our Archival Collections
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