Columbia Avenue Written by Justin Acheampong Image of Columbia Avenue. “The North Philadelphia riot served as a metaphor for the lack of connection that many of the city’s black poor felt to both the national and local leadership of the civil rights movement.”...
Freedom Now Rally Written by Safaya Smallwood A bust and mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorating the Freedom Now Rally. Located on 40th Street at the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and Haverford Avenue, this memorial commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
Octavius Catto Monument Written by Safaya Smallwood Crowd gathered in front of the Octavius Catto statue. Located at the southwest corner of City Hall, this monument—the first and only statue on public land in the city of Philadelphia dedicated to an African...