{"id":4321,"date":"2025-05-14T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/women-economic-power\/?page_id=4321"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:32:01","slug":"interactive-map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/women-economic-power\/interactive-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Map of the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first colored conventions, which began in the 1830s, were held in a close-knit community that had been the hub of Black activism for decades. African American churches operated within yards of one another, surrounded by other charitable institutions, homes, boarding houses, and businesses that supported Philadelphia\u2019s Black population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The map below shows the institutions that served African Americans. The homes of prominent African-American reformers are indicated by a yellow house icon. Clicking on each icon will reveal the building\u2019s brief historical information, meetings held there, photographs, status, and links to related sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This map provides a picture of the connectedness of the Philadelphia community that welcomed the first few conventions and shows that these conventions operated within a rich social, cultural, economic, and geographic milieu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">African American Institutions in the 1830s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-archivo-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300\">\u00bb In the map below, click on a gray dot or icon to learn more about the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-676bb0ec wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"African American Institutions in the 1830s\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1WOdUo4tUSG4qq9JOxXZrcXhoBpo\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/women-economic-power\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/blackwomenecon_institutions_legend.png\" alt=\"Legend of 1830s African American Institutions\" class=\"wp-image-2745\" style=\"width:400px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/women-economic-power\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/blackwomenecon_institutions_legend.png 460w, https:\/\/coloredconventions.org\/women-economic-power\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/blackwomenecon_institutions_legend-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-archivo-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300\">Map not displaying? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/viewer?mid=1WOdUo4tUSG4qq9JOxXZrcXhoBpo&amp;femb=1&amp;ll=39.94519522906181%2C-75.15220938784563&amp;z=15\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first colored conventions, which began in the 1830s, were held in a close-knit community that had been the hub of Black activism for decades. African American churches operated within yards of one another, surrounded by other charitable institutions, homes, boarding houses, and businesses that supported Philadelphia\u2019s Black population. 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