final project ideas

Zachary Holzberg February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Leave a comment

I have a few very broad ideas for a final project, but I also might completely change my mind and do something different by next week, but here they are for now:

gentrification in philly and how it came to be
the black arts movement of philly & its cultural impact
racial inequity in philly public schools

throwback song of the week

https://open.spotify.com/track/4rmCI9VWrwrJTJ8XQ80BMN?si=qIdMn8ljTBiJrpt4TPVw3A

For this week, we’ll be throwing it back to 2 of the greatest jazz musicians of all time — John Coltrane & Duke Ellington.

why I chose these topics

What led me to these topics is by looking up things that I want to learn about and just going down the rabbit hole from there. Philadelphia has such a rich history, and like the rest of America, that history has commonly been whitewashed, overlooking more than can ever be imagined.

What I want to do is learn more about the city I’m living in through an in-depth historical exploration of one of these topics. The “big questions” that I want to find answers to are, why Philly hasn’t been a more equitable place regardless of race? Why has history deemed the history of BIPOC in America a subcategory, rather than just simply American history? I want to expand my own perspective, and researching and digging into any of these topics will help me do so.