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Daisy Myers, a longtime York County resident, penned this autobiography, published by the York County History Center. She has been referred to as the "Rosa Parks of the North."

Resources to learn about black history, culture in York County, Pa.

A news reporter asked me the other day about availability of books and other resources that explore York County’s Black history. I prepared this working list of some resources to check out.

Many of these works are available at York County libraries  or at the York County History Center bookshop and archives, 250 E. Market St., York.

Here it is for now, and I’ll be adding to it:

Latino history

Check out the York Town Square York Latino history page.

If there are other resources to consider for this list, please contact me: jimmcclure21@outlook.com.

This book tells about the Goodridge family of York, Pa., especially the photographers in the family