Shirley Satterfield (center) led a group from the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen on the Albert E. Hinds Memorial Walking Tour on May 21, 2013.
The Historical Society of Princeton is the recipient of a mini grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.
The $4,068 grant is set to support the development of a digital version of the Society’s Albert E. Hinds Memorial Walking Tour: African American Life in Princeton.
The popular tour explores the history of African Americans in Princeton and the historic Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. Stops include the building that housed the Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children, Paul Robeson’s birthplace and Birch Avenue, where many houses were relocated during the development of Palmer Square.
Shirley Satterfield, a resident of the community and member of the first integrated class at Nassau School, created the tour with the Historical Society. It is currently available only by following a self-guided map, or as a private, guided tour.
To be hosted through On Cell Systems, a mobile tour company, the digital tour will allow members of the public to access audio narratives, recorded by Satterfield, through their cell phones.
Users with smart phones will have access to a multi-layered and dynamic self-guided tour experience, including both historic and current images of sites featured on the tour. These materials will allow even those who cannot physically walk the tour route to experience the walking tour virtually.
The Historical Society of Princeton also receives an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission.
The commission’s competitive grant process provides support for projects dedicated to the advancement of public knowledge and preservation of New Jersey history.
More information is online at princetonhistory.org.
