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Monmouth County Black History Bus Tour on June 13

On Tuesday, June 13, a Black History Bus Tour sponsored by Brookdale Community College’s Lifelong Learning Program, will make several stops at historic sites in Monmouth County.

T. Thomas Fortune/ Mingo Jack (Public Domain Images)

On Tuesday, June 13, a Black History Bus Tour sponsored by Brookdale Community College’s Lifelong Learning Program, will make several stops at historic sites in Monmouth County.

Monmouth County Black History Bus Tour

The Get on the Bus tour Part 1 guided by Historian Rick Geffken and Gilda Rogers, will make stops at Wampum Park, the site where Samuel “Mingo” Jack Johnson was lynched in Eatontown; Cedar View Cemetery in Lincroft; and the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.

Information

The bus will depart from Brookdale at 10 am and lunch will be served at its last stop, the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.

For more information contact Noreen Kane at nkane@brookdalecc.edu

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