Historic Black School in Delaware to Become Diversity Training Center
In 1951, Mrs. Sarah Bulah filed a lawsuit against the Delaware State Board of Education. Her daughter Shirley attended the […]
historic preservation
Philadelphia Historical Commission Votes in Favor of Removing Columbus Statue
In mid-June, people armed with guns, baseball bats, and other weapons gathered in Marconi Plaza in South Philadelphia. These people […]
Maryland Announces Funding for African American Preservation Projects
Since its founding in 2010, Maryland’s African American Heritage Preservation Program has awarded nearly $10 million in grants to help […]
Philly’s John Coltrane House Added to PA 2020 At Risk List
In 1952, jazz pioneer John Coltrane purchased a rowhome in Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The six years that Coltrane lived […]
Maryland Awards Nearly $1 million in Grants to African American Heritage Sites
The Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture and Maryland Historical Trust honored the start of Black History Month […]
Preservationists Plan to Turn Building that Housed NJ’s First Hospital for Black Patients into Museum
Today, 132 West Kinney Street houses the New Salem Baptist Church. However, when the building was erected in 1927, it […]
Register Now for Spring 2020 Continuing Education in Historic Preservation Classes
Registration is now open for our Spring 2020 Continuing Education in Historic Preservation classes and workshops at Rutgers University—Camden. These classes […]
Activist Fights to Save House Associated with MLK Jr. in Camden
One day in June 1950, Martin Luther King Jr., then a student at Crozer Theological Seminary, stopped at a bar […]
Preservationists Worry as Philly Demolishes Record Number of Buildings
In 2019, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections issued 941 demolition permits. This was only a slight increase over […]
Edgar Allen Poe Has Becomes Maryland’s First Literary Landmark
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum tells the story of Poe’s years in the city of Baltimore. Already a […]