Black Urban History - AAIHS

Philadelphia’s Fight Against Gun Violence, Poverty, and Crime

In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates

In A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, author E. James West explores the

On November 2, 1914, twenty eight-year-old James H. Teagle, the “colored” chauffeur for Philadelphia City Controller John Walton, left his

The intersections of race and place lie at the heart of my ongoing DOCUMERICA series for Black Perspectives. Through the

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Panic had taken hold