Joshua Isserman
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"Beyond being a proud moment for the city, the successful effort to rename Taney Street is a reminder that things can change. And that, like LeCount and Catto, we should work toward a brighter and fairer future.".
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Signs for the Philadelphia street previously named after Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, author of the infamous "Dred Scott" decision, are coming down at last.
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RT @PhillyMayor: After nearly five years of advocacy by the @Rename_Taney Coalition, @CouncilmemberKJ with @PHLCouncil and extensive commun….
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It's official! .
City Council votes to rename controversial Taney Street after Philadelphia educator and civil rights advocate Caroline LeCount
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Change starts with each of us. Like Caroline LeCount, we must step into our calling—no matter how small we feel, we are mighty. 💪 Philly is renaming Taney St to honor her legacy.
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Philadelphia’s ‘Rosa Parks’ gets a headstone 100 years after her death.
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Caroline LeCount, a noted civil rights activist, in March 1867 confronted a trolley driver and personally enforced the integration of the city's public transportation.
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Trust the process.
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Jalen Hurts post SB:. “We came up short. I think the beautiful part about it is everyone experiences different pains, everyone experiences different agonies of life, but you decide if you want to learn from it. You decide if you want that to be a teachable moment. I know I do.”
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RT @thephilacitizen: Why is it so hard to rename Taney Street? Here's a look at a dedicated group of citizens working to expose the racist….
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Taney Street is named after a racist. A group of citizens has spent three years trying to change that, but their Councilmembers won't act
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RT @Rename_Taney: 'Why Philly Residents Want to Rename Taney Street' by City Cast Philly . Thanks to @TrenaeNuri an….
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RT @Rename_Taney: “This Supreme Court Justice Absolutely, Positively Should Not Have A Street Named After Him”. Great post! @atlblog @Kathr….
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Get it together, Philly.
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RT @WhipClyburn: While it's important to know our past, we ought not place those who sought to divide our nation in a place of honor. Toda….
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Go online and *vote* so Tyrique Glasgow of South Philly can be named the next CNN Hero of the Year.
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Without a lot of fanfare, Tyrique Glasgow has quietly been tending to the needs of low-income South Philly residents in the same neighborhood where he used to ply his trade as a drug dealer.
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This is what leadership looks like.
went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy.
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