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• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School
  The Bethel AME Church in Pennington was built in 1816 by a small group of free African Americans who purchased the land as an empty lot, as well as nearby lots for homes (Katmann 2014, 6). This photograph of the church’s Sunday School features nineteen children, some siblings. Patricia (née True) Payne has identified all of the children in the picture. (See reverse)
• Toy Violin and Case
  Handmade child's violin and instrument case, late-20th century. Built by Earl Hubbard, a self-taught violinist and music teacher from the Sourlands' Black community, for his niece Danielle Thompson.
• Mary Hinkson news clipping
  News clipping about the passing of Mary Hinkson, one of two of the first Black dancers with Martha Graham Dance Company.