Contents
Maps
Foreword by Wendell E. Pritchett
Introduction
Part I: Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries
1. Charles L. Blockson: Collecting and Marking Black History
2. Community Formation in the Colonial City: The Ghosts of Washington Square
3. Envisioning Dinah: Stenton’s Ongoing Challenge
With a Reflection by Karyn Olivier
4. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones: Leadership in the Center of Free Black Life
With a Reflection by State Representative Chris Rabb
5. The President’s House Memorial: P.S. George Washington Slept Here
With a Reflection by Michael Coard
Part II: Nineteenth Century
6. Pennsylvania Hall: City of Brotherly Love?
7. A Pantheon of Heroes: Uncovering Philadelphia’s Underground Railroad
With a Reflection by Dr. Naomi Johnson Booker
8. Octavius Catto and A Quest for Parity: A Monumental Statement
9. W. E. B. Du Bois and the Seventh Ward: Reviving The Philadelphia Negro
With a Reflection by Reverend Dr. Charles Howard
Part III: Twentieth Century
10. First African Baptist Church: Sacred Sacrifices and Real Estate Realities
11. Julian Francis Abele: The Unlikely Figurehead of Black Doctors Row
12. Alain Locke: Triple Minority and Native Son
13. Marian Anderson and Sadie Alexander: A Tale of Two Cities
With a Reflection by Jillian Patricia Pirtle
14. The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors: The Prolonged Battle for a Place on the Parkway
15. Paul Robeson: The Philadelphia Retirement of a Renaissance Man
16. The Brief Life of Malcolm X High School: What’s in a Name?
With a Reflection by Kenneth Hamilton
17. Reverend Leon Sullivan: North Philadelphia’s Lion of Zion
With a Reflection by Mable Ellis Welborn
18. Cecil B. Moore: Civil Rights Boss
With a Reflection by Karen Asper Jordan
19. Philadelphia’s Black Power Movement: Coming Full Circle
With a Reflection by Aden Gonzales
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index