During the spring and fall of 1997, 24 students enrolled in two separate African American Literature courses at Raritan Valley Community College visited with senior citizens from the local community and interviewed them about their family histories, which date back to the mid-1700 s. Photographs of the senior citizens who participated in the program were taken by a photography professor at the college. The collected oral histories were published and put into a traveling exhibit that was shared with other community organizations. The histories also became part of a permanent collection at the Metlar-Bodine Historic House, a local historical museum.
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