https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories daily 0.75 2025-12-08 https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/elsmere-school monthly 0.5 2022-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/fc5a076e-05ec-41e1-b269-2138cef6cdd9/lajdlj.jpg News and Stories - Segregation at Home - Courier-Post Camden, NJ 15 Aug 1922 Prior to Pitman opening its own high school (where the middle school now resides) for the 1923 school year; Pitman had 52 enrolled in Woodbury and 63 in Glassboro in 1921. Prompted by Woodbury declaring they would no longer house Pitman students and Glassboro refusing any additional, Pitman was forced into a corner. With approximately 800 students in Pitman in Nov 1921 and an anticipated 1000 by the opening of a new school, Pitman broke ground on a $225,000 building in Aug 1922. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/3462d7c8-801e-4d43-9bb8-d1bd9ef77e3b/13dbcc497b212843320225c143f3d32e.jpg News and Stories - Segregation at Home - Make it stand out Elsmere School built 1928, located 801 Ellis St Glassboro, NJ 08028 https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/regarding-incidents-at-pitman-high-school monthly 0.5 2022-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/c1f5a5b3-641e-4d7c-a0ce-5eb85fe7cce1/McAleer.JPG News and Stories - Regarding Incidents at Pitman High School - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/pitman-councilman-elect-shares-transphobic-photos-on-social-media-account monthly 0.5 2021-11-08 https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/response-to-councilman-elect-kellys-apology-to-cbs-3 monthly 0.5 2021-11-06 https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/councilman-elect-kelly-shares-blackface-photos-on-social-media monthly 0.5 2021-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/cde2d1f9-b31d-42fb-bdc3-ff12c28850e0/vk+ff.jpg News and Stories - Councilman-Elect Kelly Shares Blackface Photos on Social Media - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/affordable-housing-bears-brunt-of-parking-ban monthly 0.5 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1634079602243-N8PSEBI0SB2S9CUL904K/Restrict.jpg News and Stories - Affordable Housing Bears Brunt of Overnight Parking Ban - Make it stand out Courier-Post Camden, NJ 1 Dec 1936 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1634096600143-9UDJCFP3HTYVK4S02O86/1997.jpg News and Stories - Affordable Housing Bears Brunt of Overnight Parking Ban - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1634081867946-B08ULUXX2Y39LVP7O3PJ/ownership.JPG News and Stories - Affordable Housing Bears Brunt of Overnight Parking Ban - Make it stand out Car ownership in contrast to home ownership. https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2013/02/was-rise-of-car-ownership-responsible.html https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/alcyon-park-is-a-beautiful-spot monthly 0.5 2021-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1624019642882-R1DDCYT1VKW05IAN6RWK/alcyonnj3.jpg News and Stories - Alcyon Park is a Beautiful Spot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1623883286252-113LL7BBOBRO30P3F5AE/Alcyon.jpg News and Stories - Alcyon Park is a Beautiful Spot - Make it stand out Courier-Post Camden, NJ 27 June 1914 https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/the-town-seal monthly 0.5 2021-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1612225015795-5D975XLJD9K6T2CBLENL/Golden+Jubilee.jpg News and Stories - The Town Seal - 30 Jun 1955 Courier Post Camden, NJ In addition to the listed festivities, it is noted that the Pitman Baptist Church dedicated their new 9 room addition during Sunday services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1612490396454-BU2ORXS2QRME7T7JWDDM/Pitman+Jubilee.jpg News and Stories - The Town Seal https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/everybody-likes-pitman-and-minstrels monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1607146994681-U14EM1KAKN2WZFADHCJS/img+%289%29.jpg News and Stories - Everybody Likes Pitman… and Minstrels - Central New Jersey Home News 25 May 1934 Central New Jersey Home News 25 May 1934 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1607143518812-3N8M2T0NX7GQ5UM9UFC3/img+%285%29.jpg News and Stories - Everybody Likes Pitman… and Minstrels - The Morning Post (formerly Camden Post-Telegram) 16 July 1921 The Morning Post (formerly the Camden Post-Telegram) Camden, NJ 16 July 1931 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1607144612810-49UYKPLZDEMNAEJYZWS8/img+%288%29.jpg News and Stories - Everybody Likes Pitman… and Minstrels The Morning Post (formerly the Camden Post-Telegram) 3 Jun 1911 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1607191554818-0V14PEH2LZWO48OCNQWP/img+%2811%29.jpg News and Stories - Everybody Likes Pitman… and Minstrels - Central New Jersey Home News 20 May 1934 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1607106071105-R19Z9LQ95T6DY3UKGCLA/img+%283%29.jpg News and Stories - Everybody Likes Pitman… and Minstrels - The Morning Post (formerly Camden Post-Telegram) Camden, NJ 29 Mar 1913 Aside from the announcement of the town’s new slogan, the article contains Pitman society updates. Generally innocuous family engagements, upcoming events, and town gossip were reported. One stands out. “The Stag Club minstrels will give their entertainment in the K. G. E. Hall on next Thursday evening, April 3. N….r Night School with J W Goorlay as the doctor, will be the musing afterpiece.” The Pitman Stag Club, mentioned in a 1930 article celebrating their 30th Anniversary, was a male social group. Over the years held their own dances, had football and basketball teams, and hosted vaudeville and minstrel shows. https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/annual-chinese-picnics-at-alcyon-lake monthly 0.5 2020-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1606966655016-JTTTCD9HGMVILY56KBQE/Chinamen%2B1906.jpg News and Stories - Annual Chinese Picnics at Alcyon Lake Courier-Post Camden, NJ 23 Jun 1906 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1606968215323-BIBJXUI9PBL3KLPVUSJ0/China+1908.jpg News and Stories - Annual Chinese Picnics at Alcyon Lake - Courier-Post 23 Jun 1908 Here it’s written that great fun was produced watching some of the Chinese visitors attempt roller-skating, and the many “antics of the Chinamen”. The commonalities between the articles are numerous. All, while using degrading terms and offensive names, highlight the money spent to “impress American women”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1607020493854-KAUWCS0FZ2Y1JVKXA1KH/5b0703ae1a0000c504cdfae4.jpeg News and Stories - Annual Chinese Picnics at Alcyon Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1606977289710-7YYZV18X7I3F127DVUQX/inks%2B1907.jpg News and Stories - Annual Chinese Picnics at Alcyon Lake - Courier-Post Camden, NJ 25 Jun 1907 Rev Lee Hong was the organizer of the annual picnics here in Pitman. He was the first Chinese Baptist Minister ordained in Philadelphia, and created their first Chinese Baptist Church in 1898 serving there for 32 years. While referenced in 1906 as being the annual picnic, I haven’t yet found an earlier reference to the event in a newspaper. Here in 1907, it appears that hundreds of white Pitmanites welcomed throngs of Chinese people from all the surrounding cities. https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/ie1etqf6sljjmoo0ar0tz8yv5lgqg1 monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1605812209442-9YYD9HZ8ZS85XBF8EX8Y/KKK.Reformed.jpg News and Stories - Pitman Hosted Rivaling KKK Factions - The Morning Post Camden, NJ 16 July 1924 With KKK strongholds in Camden and Woodbury, NJ; The Reformed Order of Klansmen set up a headquarters as Pitman Branch No 1, holding meetings in Borough Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1605818696424-SVCH5MEVY11IOPHAMQOC/Magnolians.jpg News and Stories - Pitman Hosted Rivaling KKK Factions - Courier Post Camden, NJ 22 July 1924 After confusion as to which faction invited them to Pitman, members of Magnolia’s Protection Council No 145 declined, instead visiting Alcyon Park and Clementon Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1605811695698-P4S950R016QQGJXXJX25/Pitman+home+to+both+factions..jpg News and Stories - Pitman Hosted Rivaling KKK Factions - The Morning Post Camden, NJ 22 July 1924 Pitman was described as “center of Ku Klux Klan activities at the present time, with hundreds of men and women joining the order and two or three meetings held per week.” While the KKK held meetings in the Whitecar Tabernacle on 4th Ave and more private meetings on a 40 acre farm, the Pitman Branch No 1 of the Reformed Order of Klansmen held meetings in the Borough Hall. New “un-masked” principals touted by the Reformed Order’s Commander Daniel W Thornton of Philadelphia were no longer “Anti-Jew” or “Anti-Catholic”; but would remain Anti-Immigrant and membership open to Protestants only. He said, “Men seek our order, we do not seek them. We are particular of our membership. We do not use the mask, for we think it is a source of evil and we rarely burn crosses.” The new order advertised they wouldn’t conduct raids themselves, but would only turn over evidence and work with properly constituted authorities. By mid 1925, it appears the Ku Klux Klan won the battle for Pitman’s attention and the Reformed Order of Klansmen was no longer referenced in newspapers. https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/carry-a-couple-of-guns-and-stand-for-no-tomfoolery monthly 0.5 2020-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1605837751046-ZX6PWD2ROYSR8PO0KBVB/tomfoolery.jpg News and Stories - Carry a Couple of Guns, and Stand for No Tomfoolery - Courier-Post Camden, NJ 13 Apr 1923 Edward D Meyers, of Pitman, received a threatening letter from the KKK ordering him to leave town. Mayor Joseph McGowan told him to carry a “couple of guns and stand for no tomfoolery”. NOTE: While researching census records, only one “Edward Myers” could be found at that time living in Pitman, where he remained until his death in 1964. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1605839365006-P0WWTJ9Y1JFP0FF99HXO/Fussed+up.jpg News and Stories - Carry a Couple of Guns, and Stand for No Tomfoolery The Morning Post Camden, NJ 3 Apr 1923 https://pitman-antiracist-collective.com/news-and-stories/introducing-a-peoples-history-of-pitman monthly 0.5 2020-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef6519e890adc1678c1cf36/1603986446109-QRN925JC67RCBMAGZ9AL/KKK+Alcyon+Lake.jpg News and Stories - Introducing A People’s History of Pitman, NJ - Pitman is not the only town in South Jersey where the Klan was prevalent. However, our research has shown that Pitman played a larger part in promoting and advancing membership in the Klan than most of our current residents would ever suspect. Indeed, our town hosted not only the KKK, but its rivaling splinter group The Reformed Order of Klansmen. 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