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On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

  • Written by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoodsThe Mantua neighborhood in West Philadelphia is undergoing rapid gentrification.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-ND

Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for US$5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhoods.

It’s a distant cry from what the...

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