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Rev. Low seeks housing for Negro children

LowSeeksHousing.pdf
Newspaper article about Rev. Low visiting Bennington county seeking housing for visiting African American children. According to later articles, he ultimately had more hosts than children.

100 Negro children arrive here in tolerance experiment

HarlemChildrenArrive.pdf
Newspaper article about arrive of Black American kids from Harlem in Vermont as part of Rev. Ritchie Low’s “Vermont Plan” experiment

All Star minstrel show, in Gaysville, Vt.

AllStarMinstrelsBethel.pdf
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This article describes one such show in Gaysville, a village of Stockbridge, Vt., in 1932.

Minstrel revue in St. Johnsbury

MinstrelRevueStJohnsbury.pdf
Minstrel shows in which white men appeared in blackface were popular in Vermont as well as other areas of the country. This article describes one such show at the Cray's Star Theater in St. Johnsbury in 1932.