by lindaoppenheim | Mar 21, 2019 | Events
At the Wyck House, 6026 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia PA, join friends and neighbors for an afternoon of thoughtful consideration of the lives of women who lived through enslavement in America. The Harriet Tubman Living History Experience highlights and heightens...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 15, 2019 | Video
At 4 pm on Sunday, February 24, the Acme Screening Room (25 S Union St, Lambertville, NJ 08530, Phone: (609) 483-5237) will show THE NORTH STAR, the story of Benjamin “Big Ben” Jones, a runaway slave who escaped to freedom in Bucks County. Local filmmaker...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 11, 2019 | Events
On January 17, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, WHYY (150 N. 6th St. ,Philadelphia, PA 19106) in partnership with NewCORE (New Conversation on Race & Ethnicity) is presenting a group of prominent religious leaders who will share stories and engage in a...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 20, 2017 | Article, Exhibit
“For years Vashti Dubois was sick of not seeing any images of black girls or women in museums and art galleries, so three years ago she decided to do something about it. The 56-year-old turned her house into The Colored Girls Museum, celebrating everything about...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 26, 2015 | Documents, Opinion
The March 26, 2015 New York Times editorial discusses the recently released Department of Justice report about Philadelphia police practices and urges implementation of the recommendations. Charles Blow’s column about the same report focuses on “which of...