Struggle and Progress: Black Politics in 20th Century Philadelphia

Опубликовано: 14 Май 2025
на канале: American Philosophical Society
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As we look towards a tightly contested presidential election this fall, Philadelphia residents will see frequent visits from candidates eager to win over voters in a critical swing state’s largest city. Those candidates will doubtless make their case to Black political organizations whose influence can make or break their electoral prospects.

How did African Americans create such a strong political presence over the course of the 20th century? A new book from Temple University Press, edited by APS grantee James Wolfinger, If There is No Struggle There is No Progress: Black Politics in Twentieth-Century Philadelphia, traces this history of Black politics in Philadelphia from the Great Migration of the early 20th Century through the 1990s. Join the APS for a discussion with Wolfinger and his co-authors Clem Harris, David Canton, and Stanley Keith Arnold on the role African Americans have played in Philadelphia’s political history.