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The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey
The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey
The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey
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The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey

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Historian Brian Armstrong tells the shocking story of this “sundown town” and how it evolved into the diverse community that exists today.
 
On March 1, 1894, two African American men broke into a home in rural Franklin Park, New Jersey. and murdered a white woman and her daughter before her husband fought and killed the attackers. The newspapers called it the “Franklin Park Tragedy,” and the story captivated public attention nationally and abroad. But another tragedy came afterward, with the racist forced expulsion of many local African American residents.
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Release dateNov 2, 2015
ISBN9781439667767
The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey
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Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong was born in Flemington, New Jersey, and grew up in Stanton, New Jersey. He received a bachelor's degree in history and political science from American University in Washington, D.C. He lives now in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Armstrong worked for forty years for various technology and staffing companies, including EDS, Kelly Services and International Technology Solutions Inc. He was president of the South River Historical & Preservation Society for ten years and is now the vice-president, Central Region, for the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey. He is an independent historian, researcher and author. In 2015, he cowrote the book South River with Stephanie Bartz and Nan Whitehead (Arcadia Publishing). Armstrong authored the book The Franklin Park Tragedy: A Forgotten Story of Racial Injustice in New Jersey in 2019 (The History Press). He also frequently writes articles for the Bar Harbor Historical Society in Bar Harbor, Maine, where his mother's family lived for several hundred years. Mr. Armstrong lectures on local history, World War I, the Spanish influenza and political history. He is a collector of U.S. presidential election memorabilia and is a member of American Political Items Collectors (APIC). He is married to Rosemarie Rufo Armstrong and is father of two daughters and one grandson.

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