Black History in Philadelphia

Places in this guide

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   ClivedenA friend's home became a fortress
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   The Concord School HouseBirthplace of the Junior Order United American Mechanics 🏛️
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   Girard College: Civil Rights LandmarkA 14-year civil rights struggle ✊
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   Johnson HouseRevealed as an Underground Railroad station 🕊️
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   President's HouseWashington's strategy to maintain enslavement
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   Boelson CottageFairmount Park's oldest surviving structure
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   Belmont MansionFairmount Park's Underground Railroad stop
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   Washington SquareSite of the first human flight in the Americas 🎈
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   ACES MuseumRare haven for Black soldiers during segregation ✊
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    African American Museum in PhiladelphiaAmerica's first city-built African American museum 🏛️
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    Marian Anderson HouseBirthplace of the Met Opera's first Black singer 🎶
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    Paul Robeson House & MuseumRobeson's final years of seclusion
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    The Colored Girls MuseumAmerica's only museum honoring ordinary colored girls