AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM

On the ground floor, an interesting animation recounts the history of the black-American community, including its arrival in Philadelphia. It includes the place of religion and, of course, it talks about slavery. On the floor, the links with France are highlighted: It celebrates the freedom of creation found at home through personalities such as Josephine Baker or the architect Julian Abele who inspired Paris to build several buildings, including the Philadelphia library. On the top floor, an exciting exhibition evokes the 380 days of bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, the most emblematic event in the fight against segregation. Although the museum is neither very large nor very rich, it recalls that even though Philly boasts about being the city of fraternal love and freedom of belief, blacks have long been excluded.