Blockson, Charles L.
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Birth Date
- 1933-12-16
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Pennsylvania State University
- Organization: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
- Organization: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Organization: American Antiquarian Society
Birth Place
- Norristown (Pa.)
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: Pennsylvania's Black history, 1975.
- found: Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 12/16/33)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Blockson, Charles L.; African American history scholar, antiquarian of African American artifacts; born 16 December 1933 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States; graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1956; taught in Pennsylvania's Norristown Area School District; recognized as one of America's foremost scholars on the Underground Railroad; president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society; member of the American Antiquarian Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the NAACP; received the Before Columbus Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award)
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Change Notes
- 1981-07-28: new
- 2015-03-10: revised
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