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== [https://billypenn.com/2017/02/08/the-philly-black-history-syllabus-13-must-read-books-to-understand-our-city/ Read the original article for author Cassie Owens' comments on each book] == | == [https://billypenn.com/2017/02/08/the-philly-black-history-syllabus-13-must-read-books-to-understand-our-city/ Read the original article for author Cassie Owens' comments on each book] == | ||
#[https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Negro-Social-Study/dp/0812215737 The Philadelphia Negro, W.E.B. DuBois] | #[https://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-Negro-Social-Study/dp/0812215737 The Philadelphia Negro, '''W.E.B. DuBois'''] | ||
#[https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Amazons-Violence-Brotherly-1880-1910/dp/0822337991 Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910, Kali N. Gross] | #[https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Amazons-Violence-Brotherly-1880-1910/dp/0822337991 Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910, '''Kali N. Gross'''] | ||
#[https://www.amazon.com/Saved-Sanctified-Storefront-Philadelphia-African-American/dp/0813049008/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486491078&sr=1-2&keywords=Saved+and+Sanctified Saved and Sanctified: The Rise of a Storefront Church in Great Migration Philadelphia (History of African-American Religions)] | #[https://www.amazon.com/Saved-Sanctified-Storefront-Philadelphia-African-American/dp/0813049008/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486491078&sr=1-2&keywords=Saved+and+Sanctified Saved and Sanctified: The Rise of a Storefront Church in Great Migration Philadelphia (History of African-American Religions)] | ||
#[https://www.amazon.com/Warmth-Other-Suns-Americas-Migration/dp/0679763880/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486491574&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Warmth+of+Other+Suns The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration] | #[https://www.amazon.com/Warmth-Other-Suns-Americas-Migration/dp/0679763880/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486491574&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Warmth+of+Other+Suns The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration] | ||
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The Philly Black History Syllabus: 13 must-read books to understand our city
Philly has made a lot of black history. Nearly 690,000 African Americans live in the city.
- And so, with this large and longstanding community, there’s no shortage of institutions to honor and stars to remember during Black History Month.
- So if you wanted to get a strong grasp of this history, what books should you read?
- The Philadelphia Negro, W.E.B. DuBois
- Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910, Kali N. Gross
- Saved and Sanctified: The Rise of a Storefront Church in Great Migration Philadelphia (History of African-American Religions)
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration