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4 unusual facts about Harpers Ferry National Historical Park


Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Subsequent rulings known as Jim Crow Laws led other African American leaders such as Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois to hold the second Niagara Movement (an early form of the NAACP) conference at the school in 1906 to discuss ways to peacefully combat legalized discrimination and segregation.

Today, the original house built by Robert Harper is the oldest remaining structure in the lower part of the park.

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At Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a giant advertisement painted on the rock face of Maryland Heights.

Niagara Movement

The three-day gathering, from August 15 to 18, 1906, took place at the campus of Storer College (now part of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park).



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