Jenny Cook, Philadelphia “mother of the year”, protested the destruction of her neighborhood as part of a “slum clearing” project. Unlike some 8,000 people, she would be fortunate enough to stay in her home for the rest of her days. Photo courtesy Temple University Library Special Collections.

The Beulah Baptist church in SW Philly was forced to relocate during the Eastwick urban redevelopment project of the 1950s. The church where Patti Labelle learned the gospel would move permanently to West Philly. Find out more in TINICUM & EASTWICK. #history Photo courtesy The Philadelphia Tribune.

Augustus Wesley (center), an emancipated slave and centenarian, was ejected from his home in the Philly neighborhood of Eastwick during the urban redevelopment of the 1950s. This was just one of the many injustices documented in my book TINICUM & EASTWICK. Photo courtesy The Philadelphia Tribune.