Our mission to ensure this history is never forgotten means we are doing things online and in person all over the region. Here are some of the highlights.
NEWS
Recipient of the Library Company of Philadelphia's 2023 Innovation Award We are so honored to the receipient of this year's award. Stay tuned as we use the resources we've just won to develop upcoming public programming.
Renewed for another year for Camden Historical Fellowship Morgan's fellowship with Camden has been extended for another year based on the innovative and creative work she's been doing in helping us to visualize and connect with our ancestors.
Meet our Intern Jordan! Jordan Gibson is our 2023 CDFI Intern and we are so excited she's here! She'll be helping us study the Daughters of Africa, a Black women's group founded in 1825.
Partnering with HSP to build a teacher workshop We are partnering with HSP to develop a teacher's workshop around early 19th Century Black history in Philadelphia. Possible through a generous grant from Villanova University /LePage.
Presented to the School District of Philadelphia Africana Studies Program We were so honored to participate in the Africana Studies Program supporting the amazing Ismael Jimenez as he ensure s Black history is an important part of the curriculum.
Working to Catalog the Collection of the Lawnside Historical Society Michiko is leading an effort to help LHS catalog it's rich archive of Black history. Lawnside was a freedom town before the civil war and the first independent Black municipality north of the Mason-Dixon line.