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== The Philly Black History Syllabus: 13 must-read books to understand our city, | == The Philly Black History Syllabus: 13 must-read books to understand our city, ''Cassie Owens'' == | ||
Philly has made a lot of black history. Nearly 690,000 African Americans live in the city. | Philly has made a lot of black history. Nearly 690,000 African Americans live in the city. | ||
*And so, with this large and longstanding community, there’s no shortage of institutions to honor and stars to remember during Black History Month. | *And so, with this large and longstanding community, there’s no shortage of institutions to honor and stars to remember during Black History Month. | ||
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The Philly Black History Syllabus: 13 must-read books to understand our city, Cassie Owens
Philly has made a lot of black history. Nearly 690,000 African Americans live in the city.
- And so, with this large and longstanding community, there’s no shortage of institutions to honor and stars to remember during Black History Month.
- So if you wanted to get a strong grasp of this history, what books should you read?
Links to buy the books:
- The Philadelphia Negro, W.E.B. DuBois
- Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910, Kali N. Gross
- Saved and Sanctified: The Rise of a Storefront Church in Great Migration Philadelphia (History of African-American Religions)
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration