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POOL Explores the History of Segregation in Aquatic Recreation
Art & Design

POOL Explores the History of Segregation in Aquatic Recreation

A new exhibition at Fairmount Water Works dives into the civil rights struggle to swim as equals. Kimberly Haas has this review

Six Degrees of Joan Countryman: a Lifetime of Civil Rights Connections
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

Father of the Underground Railroad Comes Into Focus With New Biography
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

Philadelphia Freedom and the Launch of the 15th Amendment
History

Philadelphia Freedom and the Launch of the 15th Amendment

On the eve of the 2020 election Amy Cohen follows Frederick Douglass to the Southern Loyalists Convention of 1866 where he demanded equal voting rights for African American men

A Performance of Freedom
History

A Performance of Freedom

The policing of Black bodies began as soon as there was a Philadelphia. Nathaniel Popkin traces this long history and suggests how today’s protests continue and also defy it

Exploring the Rizzo Boycott of 1967
History

Exploring the Rizzo Boycott of 1967

Amy Cohen takes a look back at a student protest that erupted in police brutality and the “Black Christmas” boycott to remove Frank Rizzo

Honoring Universal Suffrage & the Election Day Riots of 1871
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 upheaval

Missing Public Art Work Of Progress Plaza Uncovered
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 Philly


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