Ep 1 - Our Great Great Granddaddy, Billy Penn?

On this episode, the making invisible of a Quaker who stands atop Philadelphia. Join us as we notice the monuments that mold our consciousness.

• Part 1 - Everywhere but Nowhere (16:21 - 29:36)
• Part 2 - Nowhere but Everywhere (29:36 - 47:58)
• Part 3 - Fighting Quakers and the Myth of Friendliness (47:58 - 1:05:22)

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Education Recommendations

Books

• How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith (2021)
• Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy (2015)
• Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (1955) Introduction by Robin D.G. Kelley (2000)

Organizations

• Indigenous People’s Day Philly
• 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project
• Monument Lab

Art & Artists

• Bob Haozous
  • Video: “Redefining Indigenous Perspectives Through Art and Dialogue with Bob Haozous”
• Titus Kaphar
• Nkwiluntàmën by Nathan Young, at Pennsbury Manor

Credits

Gigi Guida, host & producer

Stephanie Mach, interviewee

Dennis Gregg, interviewee

Gabrijela Skoko, voice actress

Maya Keren, musician

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