Lane Family

Abraham Lane b. 1861 – d. 1906Abraham was Bethlehem’s first black businessman, a well-known caterer and owner of properties in South Bethlehem. He also ran

Maria P. Walton

Mrs. Maria Palmer Walton, born 1894 in Virginia, was the local beautician/hairdresser in Bethlehem beginning in the late 1950s through the 1960s. With a college

Olivia P. Clark

Mrs. Olivia W. Clark of Roosevelt, N.Y., formerly of 622 Cherokee St., Bethlehem. Born in Roanoke, Va., she was a daughter of the late John

Rev. Roberts and the Bethlehem Community Civic League

Wakefield Roberts, a North Carolina native, worked with migrant workers in Adams County during the mid-1950s after serving with the Army’s 82nd Airborne  Division during

Vivian Butts

(Catherine) Vivian Williams Butts was the daughter of the late Wendell Curtis Williams and the late Catherine Lily Ruth Irene Spruill Williams. She was born

Zora Martin Felton

The first Black graduate from Moravian College for Women in 1952, Zora Martin Felton died March 11, 2022 at the age of 91. Family, friends