Dark Sleeve of History No More
3 April 2011
But the story didn’t begin in 1919, which is the very point of two new books, one centered in New York, the other in Philadelphia. One must pull the curtain back even as far back as the late 18th century.
Posts tagged with “Civil Rights”
The Floodgates Open
11 March 2011
At the end of the War, Philadelphia, which had been so crucial to the Union victory, boomed. As historian Shan Holt says in the film, “Anything was possible.” Airing on 6ABC in Philadelphia, April 26, at 7:30PM.
Capital in Crisis
1 February 2011
This hour long documentary will be the first full episode of the 7-part “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment.” It’s the end of sweltering summer and the capital of the United States is under siege. In pre-development.
Bishop Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom
13 January 2011
Allen’s actions—writing pamphlets, staging walkouts and sit-ins and standing up to the force of repression and violence against blacks—set the stage for 200 years of civil rights battles. The film premiered February 13, 2011.
The Vital Thread of Tom Sugrue
1 May 2009 | The Pennsylvania Gazette
In The Origins of the Urban Crisis and now Sweet Land of Liberty, Penn historian Thomas Sugrue has shattered the conventional narrative about the struggle for Civil Rights in this country. The new book was published on the same day a black man was elected president; still, says Sugrue, “We’ve got a lot of overcoming to do.”