Philadelphia continues long history of Black-led protest meetings aimed at fighting racial inequity and prejudice
- Written by Linn Washington, Jr., Professor of Journalism, Temple University
Philadelphians attend a meeting at Germantown’s Center in the Park on Feb. 25, 2025, to strategize a new Black agenda. Linn Washington Jr. , CC BY-NC-NDA meeting in Philadelphia, held at a senior center on a bitter cold Saturday afternoon in late January 2025, drew nearly 300 people.
They came for two key reasons.
One was to voice outrage at...