History Honoring Universal Suffrage & the Election Day Riots of 1871 As Philly polling stations prepare for Tuesday's municipal elections, Amy Cohen takes a look at the local election of 1871 that ended in racial violence and political ...
Art & Design Missing Public Art Work Of Progress Plaza Uncovered Contributor Sherry Howard tracks down the lost busts of the "Rotunda of Achievement" at Progress Plaza in North ...
History Taking History To The Streets With Preservation Activism Ali Roseberry-Polier discusses civil rights history, selective public memory, and why she created an historical marker for a Black female activist who challenged segregation in 19th century ...
Art & Design In The Aftermath Of Charlottesville, Counting On The Catto Memorial As Southern cities erupt in protest and race-fueled violence over the removal of Confederate memorials, historian Amy Cohen looks at Philadelphia's lack of diversity in public ...
Photography A Million Faces Celebrates The Photography Of John Mosley Philadelphia photojournalist John Mosley captured positive, empowering images of African American culture in the years between segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. A retrospective honoring his work is now on view at the Woodmere Museum ...
History ‘Scared Half To Death,’ Reporter Says Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Columbia Avenue riot. For the second installment of our series, we have a first person account by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin reporter William Naulty, who was sent in to ...
History When Columbia Avenue Erupted This Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Columbia Avenue riot, an incident that would deeply impact North Philadelphia and the politics of the city for decades to come. "When Columbia Avenue Erupted" is the ...
History Remembering MLK In Philadelphia: Complexity And Courage Out to dinner with a group of friends, King learned early on about Jim Crow in the North; and later his visit to the Girard College protests only hardened lines against the Southern Christian Leadership ...
