Little Known Segment of Silicon Valley history, Santa Clara Valley's African-Americans


	Little Known Segment of Silicon Valley history, Santa Clara Valley's African-Americans

devans00

2-8-2008 12:35 PM

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san jose, silicon valley, history, library, display, exhibit, african american, black, sjsu, iris jerke

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San Jose Main library display and history exhibit on little documented segment of Silicon Valley history, Santa Clara Valley's African-Americans. Created by San Jose State University, SJSU, scholar Iris Jerke.

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   The kids looked at early, black-and-white photos of "Negroes" and "colored" folk wearing courtly, wrist-to-neck shirts or blouses and illustrious hats. The children wondered if they were slaves, servants or freemen. And where did they go to school?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8204752?source=email">As Black History Month began, a gaggle of schoolchildren traipsing through the fifth floor of San Jose's main library surrounded Iris Jerke and her history exhibit on Santa Clara Valley's African-Americans. None of the kids was black, and neither is Jerke.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8204752?source=email"><P>
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