The Black population of Philadelphia dates to Colonial times but expanded tremendously during the so-called Great Migration that started around 1910.
For Black history month, learn about these three lesser-known heroes of Black Philadelphia in the February 2024 episode of “All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories – Three More Black Pioneers”.
Walter Hubbell & The Great Amherst Mystery
William, Edward, & George Vare: The Dukes of South Philadelphia
Emory R. Johnson and the Panama Canal
Charles Day and the Panama Canal
Lewis M Haupt and the Panama Canal
John Cresson Trautwine and the Panama Canal
Rudolph Hering & Reversing the Chicago River
Frederick Graff and Watering Philadelphia
ABC066 Frederick Graff, Rudolph Hering, John C. Trautwine, Lewis Haupt, Charles Day, Emory R. Johnson: Pushing Water, Part 1
WALKING TOUR OF LAUREL HILL WEST from Barmouth to Pencoyd
WALKING TOUR OF LAUREL HILL WEST from Pencoyd to Barmouth
William M. Meredith: U.S. Poet Laureate
Richard Burr: Poster Child for Wartime Embalmers
Anna Lukens and the She Doctor Panic of 1869
Thomas Story Kirkbride: An Architect for Madness
John Rhea Barton and Surgical Innovation
ABC065 John Rhea Barton, Thomas Storey Kirkbride, Anna Lukens, Richard Burr: Fathers and Mothers of American Medicine, Part 4
Katherine "Kitty" Hershey: Temporary Residency
Franklin Baker: Sublime with the Coconut
Henry Oscar Wilbur: Buds vs. Kisses
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