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How a forgotten attack in August 1849 rewrites the story of Philadelphia's California House riot - and reveals fifteen years of Black self-defense hiding in plain sight. "What is to be Done? Retreat and be Murdered or Defend your Life?" Black citizens of St. Mary's Street, in the Public Ledger 8/20/1849 On a hot day in August - August 14, 1834 - Charles Akers surveyed his ruined home and decided he was going to press charges. He knew who had come into the house and destroyed

INTRODUCTION We are proud to introduce a new Story Map and Self-Guided Tour that brings to life the people and places of...

As part of the work we are doing on Bethel Burying Ground, we began to more closely look at the connections between who is buried at...

In the Spring of 1842, Harriet Jacobs arrived in Philadelphia. She was met at the docks by a Reverend Jeremiah Durham. AI Image -...

Nazera Sadiq Wright's study of Black Girlhood in the 19th Century leads us to see the emphasis that 19th Black women writers placed on...

On May 17, 1838, Pennsylvania Hall burned to the ground. Probably because so much of the funding came from the Quaker community, and...

Many of us are familiar with important Civil Rights sites from the 1960s, like the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church where the...

The Underground Railroad (UGRR) in Philly was just a way bigger operation than we think. The late Charles L. Blockson basically said...

I've been doing a lot of research into Black Presbyterianism. I was woefully unable to find a picture of the Second African Presbyterian...