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Fondly, Pennsylvania is HSP's main blog.  Here you will find posts on our latest projects and newest discoveries, as well articles on interesting bits of local history reflected in our collection.  Whether you are doing research or just curious to know more about the behind-the-scenes work that goes on at HSP, please read, explore, and join the conversation!

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10/3/18
On October 10, HSP continues its program series 1968: Civil Unrest and Civil Rights. The panel discussion that evening will focus on various ways people worked to ensure full civil rights for wider segments of the population. One of the methods used was known as selective patronage campaigns, a short history of which is given here.
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9/27/18
From labor rights to civil rights, the feminist movement to the gay rights movement, Rustin emerged as a prominent leader in a number of social struggles. Despite his stature and celebrity, however, few are aware of the role he played in the Journey of Reconciliation: the original Freedom Ride.
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9/19/18
Before the advent of social media, black young adults in Philadelphia looked to student publications to share the ways they imagined creating social change in the 1960s and 1970s.
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9/17/18
On September 17, 1778, representatives from the United States and leaders from the Lenape signed the first written treaty between the country and an American Indian tribe. 
 
Before this event, colonial settlers entered into informal truces with American Indian tribes. Take, for example, the oral agreement between William Penn and the Lenape in 1682. Penn met with Lenape leaders underneath an elm tree near Shackamaxon (present day Kensington).  Penn entered into a mutual promise of friendship and peace with the tribe’s representatives.
Topics : Native American
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9/11/18
Girard College kicks off "a year of discussion and commemoration" in recognition of the racial integration of Girard College with the admission of black students in 1968.
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9/6/18
On September 7, 1968, demonstrators gathered to protest the Miss America pageant in what was the first widely covered media event of the women’s liberation movement.
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8/30/18
On August 29, 1968, the National Organization for Women published its Bill of Rights. That same year a Philadelphia chapter was founded. Fifty years later, records from the Philadelphia chapter provide insight into the evolution of feminism and the evolving debates on women’s rights.
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8/24/18
Camp Wanamaker was as much a bootcamp as it was a summer getaway.
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8/21/18
As we continue to look back at the American response to the displacement of Southeast Asians in the wake of the Vietnam War, we search our collections for material to help us understand the experience from the refugee point-of-view.
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8/15/18
In the midst of today’s global refugee crisis, we’re taking a look back at the American response to the mass displacement of Southeast Asians in the wake of the Vietnam War.
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