Preserving the Legacy of Civil Rights and Black History

Research at Penn

Henry Ossawa Tanner Was One of the First World-Famous Black Artists. Now, His Home Is in Danger

Smithsonian Magazine

Mellon Foundation awards $150K planning grant to Friends of the Tanner House and Penn preservation center

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Friends of the Tanner House and University of Pennsylvania Receive Mellon Foundation Grant for a Community-Led Preservation Plan

Weitzman News

What does the future hold for the Tanner House? Historic preservation grad students have ideas.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Tuskegee-Penn Partnership Advances Black Preservation

Penn Today

Tuskegee-Penn Partnership Advances Black Preservation

Weitzman News

In Tuskegee and Pennsylvania, Educators Lead the Next Generation of Architectural Preservation

Architect Magazine

Amber Wiley: Director, Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites

Almanac

Historian Amber Wiley to lead UPenn's Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites

Archinet

Amber Wiley named director of the Weitzman School of Design’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites

The Architect's Newspaper

Amber Wiley to Join Weitzman Faculty and Lead Civil Rights Initiative

Weitzman News

Penn and Tuskegee Awarded $1.5M from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites

Weitzman News

New Humanities in Place Program Awards More than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work, While Bringing More Voices and Experiences to Public Spaces

The Mellon Foundation

Protecting and celebrating civil rights heritage and Black histories

PennToday

Black Spaces = Black Heritage

HAANDs Summit 2021

Legacy Keepers: Preserving Black history in Philadelphia is an evolving dynamic of the city’s legacy

Penn Today

Preserving Civil Rights Heritage

The Pennsylvania Gazette

Preserving the Enduring Struggle for Civil Rights

The Power of Penn

Citing the ‘power of landmarks,’ prof. launches civil rights site preservation initiative

The Daily Pennsylvanian