African American Heritage Tour: Philadelphia’s 7th Ward and Mother Bethel A.M.E.

African American Heritage Tour: Philadelphia’s 7th Ward and Mother Bethel A.M.E.

Product No.: 12018
Date Published: 10/2012

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This brochure details a walking tour dedicated to exploring African American life in Society Hill, or the “Seventh Ward,” at the end of the 1800s. This free-black community was the largest of its kind in America and was the subject of W.E.B. DuBois’ seminal work, The Philadelphia Negro. This tour was developed through a process of research and analysis with the goal of highlighting African American historic sites in Philadelphia. Work was guided by a steering committee comprised of professionals in the fields of historic preservation and tourism, such as the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, and professionals from city agencies and active transportation groups, such as the Mural Arts Program, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, and the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. This brochure and tour was one deliverable from the larger Developing African American Heritage Tours in Philadelphia report that also produced a replicable approach for developing new tours under the African American Heritage Tour umbrella and a tour concept and draft route for the North Broad area.

Geographic Area Covered: Philadelphia

Key Words: Tour, walking tour, historic preservation, African American history, Philadelphia

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