Introduction

The creation of this exhibit came from a desire to take a deeper dive into the history of York College prior to 1960, when the school became a four year institution. We wanted to study the school’s relationship to the communities in the surrounding area by examining three topics: York College and its relationship to the “Great Migration,” neighborhood deterioration, York College connection to slavery, York County land and the indigenous people on said land, and any overlap at YCP. To do this, we conducted various forms of research. Through our critical analysis we discovered that there indeed seemed to be a link between York College and slavery, the great migration, and the Indigenous people.