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Children of Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Birth records from the Ridley family bible, with information about George Washington Ridley, Rachel Ann Ridley, William Henry Ridley, Rosa Ann Ridley, and Bessie L. Nicholson.
Children of Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley, and others
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Birth records from family bible, with information about George Washington Ridley, Rachel Ann Ridley, William Henry Ridley, Rosa Ann Ridley, Bessie L. Nicholson, Alma Ridley White, Maud Ray Ridley, Everett Cornelius White, Casper Miller White, Swithin…
Citation from State Senator Clarence D. Bell
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06
Citation commending those who work for unity in Delaware County and Chester County.
Citizens-Community Task Force
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-12-31
Petition in support of the zero tolerance of hatred proclamation
Citizens-Community Task Force
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996 ca.
Press Release about the formation and work of the Citizens-Community Task Force to address hate group activity and racisim
Citizens-Community Task Force
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-02-20
Letter to Media Borough Council requesting assistance in establishing a Town Watch.
Citizens-Community Task Force
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06
1997 documentation of racist incidents and profiling in Media and surrounding areas, and information on Media's first Unity Day rally.
Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley, Marriage certificate
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1883/02/17
The two remarried on February 17, 1883 in Media, as their slave marriage in Virginia did not have legal status.
Cornelius and Martha Jane Ridley's house
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
They purchased their home at 308 North Olive Street in 1872, 10 years or so after escaping Virginia. Their descendants continued to live in the house until about 1972, when it was sold and torn down.
Cornelius Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Born a slave on Bonnie Doon Plantation in Southampton County, Virginia, he lived from 1839-1922. His father, Col. Thomas Ridley III, owned the plantation. Cornelius never knew his mother, and he ran away by himself in the spring of 1861. He made his…
Cornelius Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: not known
Pictured here driving a mule-drawn delivery wagon for Hawley and Snowden's hardware store on State Street.
Elizabeth Oveide and daughter Marie
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: Not known
Elizabeth Oveide standing outside Plum Street home in Media, Pa., with daughter Marie Matthews (Posey)
Fronefield houses
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890-1900
Photo shows Media Club at left, on corner of Baltimore Pike, and 205 and 207 South Avenue, to corner of Franklin St.
George Washington Ridley
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1890 ca.
Pictured with son Eddie and daughter Lily. George escaped slavery as a child with his mother, Martha Jane Parham, his sister Rachel, and his uncle, Andison Parham.
Growing up in Media, Pa.
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 2000 ca.
A memoir of the 1950s and 1960s by Juanita Edwards. [See notes for entire text.]
Homer C. Floyd, speaker at Unity Day
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06-14
Unity Day group photo. Homer Floyd, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, standing. Seated (left to right), Rev. Rideout, Mary Edwards, Hans Deitz, Robert Dee, Vice Chairman, African-American-Jewish Relations, ADL; and Thomas…
Homer C. Floyd, text of Unity Day speech
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-06-14
"Unity: A Question of Commitment" by Homer C. Floyd, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. See text in Notes field
Invitation to Inaugural Ball
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1965
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards from the President and Mrs. Johnson and the Vice President and Mrs. Humphrey to attend the Inaugural Ball on Wednesday January 20, 1965 at 9:00 p.m.
Invitation to Inaugural events
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards to two inaugural events for President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale.
Invitation to Inauguration
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1965
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards to the inauguration of Lyndon Baines Johnson as President of the United States and Hubert Horatio Humphrey as Vice President on Wednesday January 20, 1965 in the City of Washington.
Invitation to Inauguration
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977
Invitation received by Mary M. Edwards to the inauguration of Jimmy Carter as President of the United States and Walter Mondale as Vice President on Thursday January 20, 1977 in the City of Washington.
James J. Cunningahm, Jr., Delaware County Council candidate, newspaper article
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1977-09-26
Delaware County Daily Times article about James J. Cunningham's years of involvement in Media Borough.