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Biography

William P. Powell Sr

  • Activism
  • Africa & the Diaspora
  • Immigration & Migration
  • Organizations
  • Slavery
  • Slavery & Abolition, 1800-1860
A black and white illustration of the port of Liverpool on a cloudy day. Several sail and row boats in the water.
I have been encouraged to open a boarding house for Seamen. . . . Now as I am engaged in a field of labor, though perhaps not considered directly antislavery work, yet at the same time the ostensible object of which is the moral and social elevation of the black Sons of the Ocean, many of whom have tasted the bitter Cup of Slavery in Slave ports when in the due prosecution of their lawful concerns.
Mrs. Nettie Hunt, sitting on steps of Supreme Court, holding newspaper, explaining to her daughter Nikie the meaning of the Supreme Court's decision banning school segregation
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Education for All

  • Activism
Historic map of Philadelphia
Biography

Crossing the Color Line to Freedom

  • Activism
A brightly colored mural wall with a few faces, including Marème Diarra. A quote is to left of Marème Diarra.
Biography

Marème Diarra

  • Africa & the Diaspora