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Sunday February 5th 2012

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Celebrate Black History Month in Philadelphia

Celebrate Black History Month in Philadelphia

February is Black History Month. Philadelphia has a rich and interesting black American history. Boosted by a flood of Southern migrants in the early 1900s, Philadelphia's black population took on a significant role as a cornerstone of America's history. The election of W. Wilson Goode as the city's first black mayor in 1979, along with other [...]