The Media Fellowship House is a non-partisan interracial and interfaith organization in Media, Pennsylvania. The house has been used to hold programs for children and senior citizens and to host civics groups and civil rights activities.[1][2]
Historyedit
The idea for the Fellowship House began when two white women, Dorothy James and Julia Fowler, witnessed a waitress in a restaurant refuse service to three African Americans, Marie Whitaker and her daughter and Edna Best.[3][4] All of the women left the restaurant together and ate in another place.[3][5] James and Fowler decided to create an interracial fellowship.[3] They founded the house in 1944[6] in a room over a two-car garage.[7] They used the room until[7] 1953, when they obtained a new, larger building. In 1955, a new wing was built using money from the memorial fund for Ellen Starr Brinton.[6]
The Fellowship House almost disbanded in 1970, but its board chose to continue its mission.[8]
Referencesedit
^Huff, Clare (4 April 1965). "Tolerance Fostered at Fellowship House". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Freedom News". The Crisis. 77 (4): 165. April 1970.
^ abcSerbin, Susan L. (28 October 2014). "Media Fellowship House marks 70th Anniversary with '60 Minutes' Anchor Bill Whitaker". Delco News Network. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
^"Media Fellowship House -- An Experiment in Human Relations". Delaware County Daily Times. 25 April 1959. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Talk Philly: Media Fellowship House". CBS Philly (video). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ abGrasberger, Sara M. (26 November 1964). "Racial Incident Spawns Unique Institution". Delaware County Daily Times. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abHuff, Claire (4 April 1965). "Media Fellowship House Builds Tolerant Climate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Fellowship House Will Remain Open Despite Proposals to Disband". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 30 April 1970. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
External linksedit
Official site
February 28, 2024
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