The other was to begin to develop a “Black agenda” to counter those attacks in Philadelphia. In gathering communally to voice ...

Black female street vendors such as the ones depicted in both pictures were an important part of Philadelphia's black economy. A significant number of free blacks, particularly those without ...

click image for close-up In a widely-read pamphlet distributed on the heels of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic, Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey accused the black community of profiteering from ...

Initially a brick-and-mortar space located in Philadelphia, Blk Ivy is now a traveling exhibition that redefines how we engage with fashion and history. As discussions around Black fashion take ...