| LC control no. | n 81057125 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blockson, Charles L. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19331216 |
| Place of birth | Norristown (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery National Association for the Advancement of Colored People American Antiquarian Society |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Historians Scholars Antiquarians |
| Found in | Pennsylvania's Black history, 1975. Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 12/16/33) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Blockson, Charles L.; African American history scholar, antiquarian of African American artifacts; born 16 December 1933 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States; graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1956; taught in Pennsylvania's Norristown Area School District; recognized as one of America's foremost scholars on the Underground Railroad; president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society; member of the American Antiquarian Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the NAACP; received the Before Columbus Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award) |
| Associated language | eng |
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