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Murrysville resident will discuss racial incident in 1920s Johnstown

Cover art for Murrysville resident Cody McDevitt’s book, “Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania.”

What began as a search for a story about local black history led Cody McDevitt to a project that has gone from a newspaper series to a magazine to a book about the persecution and banishment of black residents and immigrants from Johnstown in the 1920s.


Source: The Tribune-Review

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