Worcester to commemorate Black History Trail
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The intersection of John and N. Ashland Streets in Worcester
The City of Worcester is unveiling the beginning of a Black History Trail, located at the corner of John and North Ashland Streets.
The site is one of four locations to be a part of the trail, which commemorates the longstanding Black community in Worcester, which predates the Civil War. The area along John Street in Worcester has long been a center of the Black community in the city, according to the Friday announcement from the city.
The Worcester Black History Trail is a collaborative undertaking of the City of Worcester, the College of the Holy Cross, the NAACP, Worcester Unit and the Laurel Clayton Project, which is a Worcester-based community network. The goals of the project are to document and highlight sites important to understanding the history of people of color in Worcester from the colonial period through the 1960s.
Other locations of the trail are The A.M.E. Zion Church on Belmont Street, the Liberty Street and Palmer Street area, the Rejoice Newton farmstead at Newton Square, and the 18th-century residence of the Afro-Indian Hemenway family at May Street and Westfield Street.
The public unveiling ceremony will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The unveiling ceremony will include remarks from Gladys Rodriguez, senior district representative for Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Worcester), Mayor Joe Petty, Acting City Manager Eric Batista, City Councilor Khrystian King, the Roosevelt Hughes, Jr., Fred Taylor of the NAACP, and President Vincent Rougeau of the College of the Holy Cross.
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