PEGGY WARD (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) Some people know about it, but many do not. September 7, 1923, was the date that Johnstown’s mayor, who was White, gave every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city less than seven years, 24 hours to leave. About 2,000 people were uprooted. Why did … Continued

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