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North Philadelphia History Festival

The programming continues with the North Philadelphia History Festival: Autumn Annex, a cultural celebration of the African American and Puerto Rican communities in North Philadelphia, featuring projects and events created by artists, historians, curators, and other cultural workers that explore the emergence and impact of these communities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Lead support for the North Philadelphia History Festival is provided by the William Penn Foundation.


 

Parades in North Philadelphia in the 1940s

(Walking Tour) 

A Stroll Through North Broad's Jazz History, led by Faye Anderson - Saturday, October 25th

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(Walking Tour) 

Extraordinary Ordinary: Black People in Northern Liberties before 1860, led by 1838 Black Metropolis - Sunday, October 19th

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Explore

From July 24-27, Scribe Video Center presented the first-ever North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF). Historic sites along Ridge Avenue, North Broad Street and other locales were transformed into living exhibits created by artists, historians, curators and other cultural workers, attended by over 1,200 people over the course of the four-day festival. Revisit these multimedia projects and events by exploring the pages and resources below. 

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Festival Map

Full Schedule

 

Lead support for the North Philadelphia History Festival is provided by the William Penn Foundation.
Archival images courtesy of the John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries; and the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA.
The North Philadelphia History Festival is organized by Scribe Video Center. Since 1982, Scribe has used electronic media to document issues and ideas affecting diverse economic and cultural communities; create media works that comment on the human condition, and celebrate cultural diversity. Scribe Video Center facilitates new approaches to visual form and language in an effort to further the aesthetics of video making. Through workshops, screenings, and collaborative productions, Scribe empowers underrepresented voices and documents untold histories.