Curator’s Presentation and Walking Tour

sat01mar11:00 amsat12:30 pmCurator’s Presentation and Walking TourDocumenting the Early 20th Century Black Business and Civic Community in Philadelphia’s 22nd WardBlack Writers Museum, 5800 Germantown Avenue11:00 am - 12:30 pm

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This lecture and short walking tour highlight the Black community in 1913 Germantown, as documented in Baugh’s ‘souvenir” booklet published on the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Learn about clergy, contractors, small business owners, medical professionals, and others who formed the core of the neighborhood’s civic leadership. See some of the churches, homes, and other physical evidence of the African American community on the eve of the Great Migration. We will begin with a talk in the galleries of the Black Writers Museum (in Vernon Park) and take a short tour along Germantown Avenue and Rittenhouse and Harvey streets before returning for light refreshments and a chance to visit the museum’s exhibits. Led by Supreme Dow, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Writers Museum, and Tuomi Forrest, Executive Director of Historic Germantown.

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March 1, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

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Black Writers Museum

The Black Writers Museum (BWM) is housed at the historic Vernon House in the middle of the beautiful Vernon Park, and sits along a corridor of a series of Philadelphia's National Landmarks in historic Germantown. As the only museum of its kind in America, the BWM provides exhibits of classic and contemporary Black Literature and its authors, exposing visitors to generations of history as written by some of America's most prominent literary composers.

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