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Preserving Black History in Philadelphia Amy Jane Cohen, Author: Black History in the PHL Landscape
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Michael Dunn
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About this event
Amy Jane Cohen had been teaching social studies for many years. In 2005, the School District of Philadelphia mandated a year-long course in African-American history and she began learning and planning the course at the Masterman School. She continued to do that for eight years. She is now the Director of Education for History Making Productions, which has created “Philadelphia: The Great Experiment,” a series of films.
In 2024, she published Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape. In it she recounts notable events and people in our city’s Black history – Richard Allen, Octavius Catto, Julian Abele, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, and Charles Blockson, who led the Historical Marker Project which created 78 markers in the city. She also shows how this history is celebrated today through murals, state history markers, street names, and some statues. Unfortunately,
the preservation of this history is being threatened today.
Copies of the book will be available for sale at $15. The author will accept cash, credit cards, Venmo, and checks (payable to Amy Jane Cohen).
The program is free, open to all, and does not require registration.
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