1838 Black MetropolisJun 35 min readThe Two Rebeccas: Building a Black, Feminist, Shaker, and Queer Sisterhood in Philly in 1858Imagine that it's 1871 and you've just come from class at the Institute for Colored Youth. As you walk east you see Francis Ellen...
Michiko QuinonesMay 125 min readA Love Story; How The Institute for Colored Youth Birthed a Philly Public School in 1860In 1860, Cordelia Jennings stood on a stage in front of thousands of people. She was one of 7 seniors from the Institute of Colored Youth...
Michiko QuinonesApr 217 min readFinding The Forgotten Exhibition of Black Inventors and Artisens in 1851173 years ago - today (I decided to publish today - April 21 - which was the last day of the fair), a Black organization called 'The...