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North Philadelphia History Festival | July 24-27

The North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF) is a cultural celebration of the African American and Puerto Rican communities in North Philadelphia. Across four days, historic sites along Ridge Avenue, North Broad Street and other locales will be transformed into living exhibits created by artists, historians, curators and other cultural workers. These multimedia projects and events will explore the emergence and impact of these communities in the 19th and 20th century. All events will be free and open to the public.

Parades in North Philadelphia in the 1940s

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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.