Spotlighting Black history in Central Pa.
In our area, black leaders and significant events have a role in shaping the country to where it is today.
Author: Jermaine Rowley (FOX43)
Updated: 8:40 AM EST February 26, 2021
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Black History is also American history and the only way we can move forward is to acknowledge our past. In our area, black leaders and significant events have a role in shaping the country to where it is today.
For Black History Month, FOX43 dives into Central Pennsylvania's history.
South-central Pennsylvania including Cumberland, Franklin, York and Adams counties were slaveholding capitals from the 1770s until almost the 1830s.