History A New Exhibition at Friends Select School Explores Continuity and Change Quaker values and education for all illuminate the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
History Communism and the Quaker City Keshler Thibert explores Philadelphia’s historical ties to Marxism and the American labor movement
History Graterford Archives Seeks to Unlock Stories of the Incarcerated The online resource, featuring history and first-hand experiences, aims to help humanize life in prison
History 339 Manumissions Project Honors Those Enslaved by Quakers A team of genealogists scours the archives to tell the stories of Pennsylvania’s formerly enslaved
History Historic Nurses’ Strike In NYC Echoes Exploitative Labor Practices at Hahnemann Hospital Keshler Thibert recalls the Filipino Nurses’ Strike of 1973
Preservation A Sweet New Space In Old City Completes Confectioner’s Row The Berley Brothers give Market Street another spoonful of sugar with The Cacao Pod
City Life One Million Abolitionists Project Puts Empowering Words in Children’s Hands The autobiography of Frederick Douglass, published in 1845, ignites inspiration in the youth of Philadelphia
History A New Exhibition Pays Homage to the Spirit of 1776 The Museum of the American Revolution dives deep into the fight for equal rights and independence over the course of 250 years with “The Declaration’s Journey”
