This remarkable initiative documents the often-overlooked contributions of Yardley Borough's African American community, dating back to the town's Quaker founding in 1682. It features a total of fourteen video-recorded focus group interviews (thirteen individual videos and one compilation video), including photos and documents that capture heartfelt narratives from interviewees aged 60 to 100!
During the month of May 2024, we filmed these interviews at the Historic African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of Yardley, Pennsylvania (home of Gather Place Museum.) Currently, these materials are privately archived on a Gather Place Museum software portal and are accessible for in person viewing by invitation only from Gather Place Museum administrators. Next step plans for future public reveal of this project are a work in progress with exciting happenings to be scheduled later this year of 2024!