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On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

  • Written by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageThe Mantua neighborhood in West Philadelphia is undergoing rapid gentrification.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-ND

Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for US$5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhoods.

It’s a distant cry from what the...

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