Michiko QuinonesSep 273 min readBringing The 1838 Black Metropolis to Life for TeachersThis week Morgan and I fought back tears of joy at our teacher focus group held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Teachers...
Michiko QuinonesSep 86 min readFrancis Petts, Cannon Fire and the Complication of 115 Queen StreetAs 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...
1838 Black MetropolisAug 285 min readFinding Harriet Jacobs’ Underground Railroad Safe House in PhiladelphiaIn the Spring of 1842, Harriet Jacobs arrived in Philadelphia. She was met at the docks by a Reverend Jeremiah Durham. Rev. Durham was a...