The Rosedale Banishment

The Rosedale Banishment is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Cambria County.

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On September 7, 1923, in response to rising racial tensions, Johnstown Mayor Joseph Cauffiel ordered all Blacks and Mexicans who had lived in the area for less than seven years to leave. By some reports, more than 2,000 people were forced out under threat of imprisonment. News reports, some by Black journalists and activists, prompted a state investigation and turned public opinion against Cauffiel, who lost reelection.

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1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1907 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of The Rosedale Banishment, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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The Rosedale Banishment

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