Walking Tour: Bayard Rustin’s West Chester
A 1-hour walking tour through the center of West Chester exploring Bayard Rustin’s early years, decades before he organized the 1963 March on Washington.
Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys of Pennsylvania (VIRTUAL)
Historian Robert J. Kodosky, Ph.D. will share the history of the Nile Swim Club which opened in 1959 in Yeadon, PA in defiance of local segregation practices.
The Nile Swim Club of Yeadon: A History (Virtual)
Historian Robert J. Kodosky, Ph.D. will share the history of the Nile Swim Club which opened in 1959 in Yeadon, PA in defiance of local segregation practices.
The Burning of Pennsylvania Hall: A Legal Lynching in the Shadow of the Liberty Bell (Virtual)
Historian Beverly C. Tomek’s virtual presentation details the early opposition to the Anti-Slavery movement in Pennsylvania, and the ensuing mob violence that led to the destruction of Pennsylvania Hall in 1838.