History Father of the Underground Railroad Comes Into Focus With New Biography First major book on William Still examines the life and legacy of the African-American abolitionist. Amy Cohen has this review
History First Interracial Baseball Game in 1869 Helped Level the Playing Field Murray Dubin takes us to Athletic Square where the Philadelphia Pythians and the Olympic Ball Club cracked baseball’s rigid color line
History Women’s Work: Female Science Pioneers in 19th Century Philadelphia Kimberly Haas introduces us to women who broke gender barriers in the fields of science
History The Rise and Decline of Piano Manufacturing in Philadelphia Tom Rudnitsky takes us back to a time when Philadelphia was a piano-making powerhouse
History Alain LeRoy Locke: Father of the Harlem Renaissance and Philly LGBTQ Hero Amy Cohen kicks off Pride Month by celebrating one of Philadelphia’s most distinguished native sons
History Headhouse In Harrowgate the Last of its Kind Jacob Downs explores the origins of the Market-Frankford Line and the El’s only surviving Beaux Arts station
History A Mother’s Day Tribute to Philadelphia’s Female Pioneers in Law Amy Cohen introduces us to trailblazing lawyers who broke gender barriers while navigating motherhood
History Bad Things in Philadelphia: Stealing Elections on Skid Row Hidden City’s Skid Row scholar Steve Metraux examines rigged polling in the 1950s and the flophouse vote
