This week marks the anniversary of the Philadelphia Transit Company Strike of 1944. Amy Cohen introduces us to a Philly native who remembers the event and many other watershed moments, milestones, and turning points in the modern civil rights movement

First major book on William Still examines the life and legacy of the African-American abolitionist. Amy Cohen has this review

Murray Dubin takes us to Athletic Square where the Philadelphia Pythians and the Olympic Ball Club cracked baseball’s rigid color line

Amy Cohen kicks off Pride Month by celebrating one of Philadelphia’s most distinguished native sons

The former home of Philly’s famous Black printmaker to be preserved by partnership and persistence

After a five-year battle, Abolition Hall and the historic Corson farm in Plymouth Meeting will be preserved

Ben Leech spotlights unique and significant buildings not listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places with his architectural illustration series, Unlisted Philadelphia. In this installment, a North Philly row house singing and swinging with Black history

Kimberly Haas takes us on an epic journey where she traces a potential path to freedom from Maryland to Philadelphia