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Uncovering Philly’s ‘Black Metropolis’: A Q&A with the creators of a new, innovative history project

The 1838 Black Metropolis online project recently won the Library Company of Philadelphia’s Biennial Innovation Award.

Michiko Quinones (left) and and Morgan Lloyd, cocreators of the 1838 Black Metropolis project, lead a group for a walking tour of Black history sites in Philadelphia.
Michiko Quinones (left) and and Morgan Lloyd, cocreators of the 1838 Black Metropolis project, lead a group for a walking tour of Black history sites in Philadelphia.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer