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Jessie Fauset, from Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral (1929)

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A Black Philadelphia Reader
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  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Map xi
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. Note on the Texts xv
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Section 1 Early Black Settlement Until the Pre–Civil War Years (Beginnings–1849)
  8. Introduction 11
  9. Cato and Petitioners, “Letter of Cato and Petition by ‘The Negroes Who Obtained Freedom by the Late Act,’ ” The Freeman’s Journal (September 21, 1781) 17
  10. Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in the Year 1793; And a Refutation of Some Censures Thrown upon Them in Some Late Publications (1794) 21
  11. Absalom Jones and Others, Petition of the People of Color and Freemen of Philadelphia—Against the Slave Trade to the Coast of Guinea (1799) 28
  12. Alice, from Thomas Isaiah’s Eccentric Biography: Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern (1804) 31
  13. John Joyce, Confession of John Joyce, Alias, Davis, Who Was Executed on Monday, the 14th of March, 1808, for the Murder of Mrs. Sarah Cross (1808) 33
  14. James Forten, from Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill Before the Senate of Pennsylvania (1813) 38
  15. James Forten and Russell Parrott, To the Humane and Benevolent Inhabitants of the City and County of Philadelphia, Address Delivered August 10, 1817 (1817) 43
  16. William Whipper, from An Address Delivered in Wesley Church on the Evening of June 12, Before the Colored Reading Society of Philadelphia, for Mental Improvement (1828) 48
  17. Richard Allen, from The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen. To Which Is Annexed the Rise and Progress of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Containing a Narrative of the Yellow Fever in the Year of Our Lord 1793: With an Address to the People of Colour in the United States (1833) 57
  18. Robert Purvis, from Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens, Threatened with Disfranchisement, to the People of Pennsylvania (1838) 61
  19. Joseph Willson, from Sketches of the Higher Classes of Colored Society in Philadelphia (1841) 65
  20. Section 2 The Pre–Civil War Years Through World War II (1850–1949)
  21. Introduction 73
  22. Frank J. Webb, from The Garies and Their Friends (1857) 81
  23. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “An Appeal for the Philadelphia Rescuers,” Weekly Anglo-African (June 23, 1860) 88
  24. Harriet Jacobs, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself (1861) 90
  25. Emilie Davis, from Diaries (1863–65) 95
  26. Octavius Catto, Our Alma Mater: An Address Delivered at Concert Hall on the Occasion of the Twelfth Annual Commencement of the Institute for Colored Youth, May 10th, 1864 (1864) 101
  27. William Still, from A Brief Narrative of the Struggle for the Rights of the Colored People of Philadelphia in the City Railway Cars (1867) 110
  28. William Still, from The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, & c. (1872) 116
  29. Fanny Jackson Coppin, “Christmas Eve Story,” The Christian Recorder (December 1880) 121
  30. W. E. B. Du Bois, from The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study (1899) 125
  31. Alain Locke, “Hail Philadelphia,” Black Opals (1927) 132
  32. Jessie Fauset, from Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral (1929) 135
  33. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, “By Paths in the Quaker City” (Unpublished, 1932?) 143
  34. Section 3 Decline, Racial Turmoil, and the Development of the Post-Industrial City (1950–1999)
  35. Introduction 146
  36. William Gardner Smith, from South Street (1954) 151
  37. Fran Ross, from Oreo (1974) 156
  38. David Bradley, from South Street (1975) 164
  39. Joseph Beam, from “Brother to Brother: Words from the Heart” (1986) 172
  40. Sonia Sanchez, “elegy (for MOVE and Philadelphia)” (1987) 180
  41. Becky Birtha, “Route 23: 10th and Bigler to Bethlehem Pike” (1987) 184
  42. Bebe Moore Campbell, from Sweet Summer: Growing Up With and Without My Dad (1989) 188
  43. John Edgar Wideman, from Philadelphia Fire (1990) 203
  44. Elaine Brown, from A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story (1992) 207
  45. Alexs D. Pate, from Losing Absalom (1994) 219
  46. Lorene Cary, from The Price of a Child (1995) 227
  47. Toni Cade Bambara, from “Deep Sight and Rescue Missions” (1996) 240
  48. Diane McKinney-Whetstone, from Tumbling (1996) 250
  49. John Edgar Wideman, from The Cattle Killing (1996) 258
  50. David Bradley, “The Station” (Previously unpublished, 1997) 266
  51. Section 4 Philadelphia in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond (2000 to the Present)
  52. Introduction 271
  53. Major Jackson, from Leaving Saturn (2002) 274
  54. Mumia Abu-Jamal, “A Panther Walks in Philly” (2004) 281
  55. Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010) 293
  56. Asali Solomon, “Secret Pool” (2010) 306
  57. Gregory Pardlo, “Philadelphia, Negro” (2012) 308
  58. Ayana Mathis, from The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (2012) 311
  59. Ross Gay, “To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian” (2013) 316
  60. Yolanda Wisher, “5 South 43rd Street, Floor 2” (2014) 320
  61. Mat Johnson, from Loving Day (2015) 322
  62. Warren Longmire, “Brotherly Love” (2015) 332
  63. Yvonne (Chism-Peace), “4951 Walnut Street” (2019) and from Rosetta on the Bus, “Momma House” (2019) 334
  64. Charles D. Ellison, “Philadelphia, Where Blackness Transcends,” The Root (February 14, 2019) 337
  65. Appendix A: Alternate Table of Contents by Genre 343
  66. Appendix B: Alternate Table of Contents by Theme 345
  67. Appendix C: Alternate Table of Contents by Geography 347
  68. Text Credits 349
  69. Index 353
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