Daily News | Black elders helped make North Philly | Morning Newsletter
Marilyn Kai Jewett and Jacqueline Wiggins, creators of The Inquirer’s Black Elders oral history project, knew that some stories should come directly from those that lived them.
It’s why they interviewed five Black women and men from North Central Philadelphia about their lives and the events that shaped this section of the city into what it is today.“Our people and others need to hear these stories, [they] need to hear the stories of some of these hardships, if you will, but also the resilience,” said Wiggins, 73, who has lived the majority of her life in North Philly. “If we can have those honest stories, then it’s almost like looking at literature.
This project is a glimpse into what Black people in North Philadelphia have seen and done over the decades. You’ll hear from people such as Curtis Brown, an artist and educator who grew up in Francisville in the 1940s and ‘50s, and Edna Devlin, an East Poplar community activist who’s still fighting for her neighbors while in her 70s.
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