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The Forten House
James Forten was born of free African American parents in Philadelphia on September 2, 1766. Forten, as a successful black businessman, also took an active role in the rights of African Americans. He was a leader of the early abolitionist movement. He often purchased slaves’ freedom, and helped to finance and bring in funding for William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper, The Liberator. -
Mother Bethel Church
The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church and congregation at 419 South 6th Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The congregation, founded in 1794, is the oldest African Methodist Episcopal congregation in the nation. Its present church, completed in 1890, is the oldest church property in the United States to be continuously owned by African Americans. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972 -
The Institute for Colored Youth
The Institute for Colored Youth was founded in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. After moving to Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and changing its name to Cheyney University, it continues as the oldest African-American school of higher education, although degrees were not granted by Cheyney until 1913. The second site of the Institute for Colored Youth at Ninth and Bainbridge Streets in Philadelphia was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. -
The William Still House
William Still, one of seventeen children, was born in Burlington County in 1821. His father escaped to New Jersey and was later followed by his wife and children.Still left New Jersey for Philadelphia in 1844 Still was the first black man to join the society and was able to provide first-hand experience of what it was like to be a slave.Still, who established a profitable coal business in Philadelphia, used his house as one of the stations on the Underground Railroad. -
Church of the Crucifixion
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St. Peter Claver Church
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Starr Garden
By 1895, the public recreational space known as Starr Garden came to occupy this entire plot. The postcard pictured below, printed in the early 20th century, advertises the addition of a playground to this spot, calling Starr “Philadelphia’s Newest Gift to the Play Activities of Her People” and explaining that “The playground keeps the child off the car tracks and thus out of the hospital.” -
WEB Debois house
William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer, and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the University of Berlin and Harvard, where he was the first African-American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University.