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Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6] August 16, 1683, Pastorius arrives in Philadelphia; October 25, 1683, Lots are drawn for land among Pastorius's followers and settlement begins; 1688, first American anti-slavery protest published
Cecil Moore was a Philadelphia lawyer that was extremely involved in civil rights, and was a close friend of Georgie Woods, and was also involved in the freedom shows. In 1963, Georgie Woods, Jackie Wilson , and Del Shields won awards at the Uptown Theater from the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP for being entertainers that were actively ...
The John Coltrane House is a historic house at 1511 North 33rd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.A National Historic Landmark, it was the home of American saxophonist and jazz pioneer John Coltrane from 1952 until 1958. [2]
The Odunde Festival is a one-day festival and mostly a street market catered to African-American interests and the African diaspora.It is derived from the tradition of the Yoruba people of Nigeria in celebration of the new year according to the Yoruba calendar or Kọ́jọ́dá, which usually falls on the first moon of June (Òkudù) on the Gregorian calendar.
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They recognized a lack of any local events dedicated to Polish-Americans, despite a significant population of Polish-Americans in the Philadelphia, upstate Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic regions. The ‘original’ festival was an informal picnic organized by volunteers, their families and friends, and took place in the same year as the Shrine ...
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Along with the northern part of Society Hill, Old City is one of Philadelphia's oldest neighborhoods and part of the area where William Penn and the Quakers first settled. It hosted the governments of Pennsylvania and the United States of America for most of the period from 1776–1800, and was North America's most important financial center ...