Best Days of My Life
By Lucille Wilson, January 31, 2019 — One of the best days of my time was when I gave birth to Rodney. He was something and I just knew it because he caused me complications so bad that they had … Continued
By Lucille Wilson, January 31, 2019 — One of the best days of my time was when I gave birth to Rodney. He was something and I just knew it because he caused me complications so bad that they had … Continued
By Elliot Doomes, January 17, 2019 — My holidays is good. I didn’t travel and I just stayed home, but I had communications with my whole family. My great grandson was on the phone and he went “Ah-bah-bah!” He can’t … Continued
By Angela Wright, December 4, 2018 — Yesterday I came across a book on my bookshelf. I don’t know who it belongs to. It could have been my daughter’s, son’s, or my husband’s. As I scanned through the book, I found … Continued
By Elliot Doomes, September 27, 2017 — Octavius V. Catto, he was a Civil Rights and Human Rights leader who was assassinated here in Philadelphia, right on South Street. Most people don’t even know his name. He was never mentioned … Continued
By Frances Bryce, January 11, 2018 — [I remember] living in the south during times when segregation was a way of life, in the small town where I was born, as well as others in both the north and the … Continued
By Loretta Gaither, September 2, 2012 — My church gave us a calendar with President Obama on the front of it. It’s the first time we’ve had a black president, so I am happy to have a calendar to remember that. … Continued
By Robert D. Bailey, December 12, 2018 — Today should be one of the better days of my life. A warm sunny day in December is now not so unusual for Philadelphia winter, especially before the January/ February hard freeze. … Continued
By Rev. Tom White, August 9, 2017 — From my earliest years, I was taught that there are differences in people; some people were “different.” Sometimes we were the different ones. Let me say that I did not learn prejudices … Continued
By Frances Bryce, July 24, 2014 — In 1965, I was living in Phila, Pa and went to visit my father who lived in a small town in South Carolina. I accompanied my father for his annual checkup to his doctor’s … Continued