Art & Design National Public Art Audit Presents a Monumental Task for Inclusive Representation Amy Cohen takes a look at Monument Lab’s new National Monument Audit and finds more diversity in state historical markers here in Philadelphia
History Six Degrees of Joan Countryman: a Lifetime of Civil Rights Connections 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
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 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
Preservation In Sharswood, Dox Thrash House Saved to Anchor a Neighborhood The former home of Philly’s famous Black printmaker to be preserved by partnership and persistence
Preservation Underground Railroad Site Saved from Development After a five-year battle, Abolition Hall and the historic Corson farm in Plymouth Meeting will be preserved
Preservation Unlisted Philadelphia: Pearl Bailey House 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
