
Jenice Armstrong
Metro Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Metro Columnist at Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News Metro Columnist Email me at [email protected]. Instagram @jenicearmstronginquirer
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6 days ago |
inquirer.com | Jenice Armstrong
WHITE CASTLE, La. — On the front lawn of the now-destroyed Nottoway Plantation were charred relics of atrocities gone by: a pair of flat-back rocking chairs, a wooden end table, and other sorry debris of what — until a destructive fire on May 15 — was the South’s largest intact antebellum plantation.
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3 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Jenice Armstrong
If you’re Black, get back. If you’re brown, stick around. But if you’re white, you’re all right. I’m paraphrasing the old blues song where these lyrics originated, but you get where I’m going with this. What’s happening in our country in terms of race relations is disturbing. It’s not enough that President Donald Trump wants to destroy diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Jenice Armstrong
It was the year 2000, and the Tennessee Titans were taking on the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV. Center City resident Dawn Burke Sena wasn’t especially interested in watching the game,so she decided to host a gathering for the women on her block. In preparation, she went to a ceramic pottery place and painted the words, “The Women of Delancey Street,” on about 25 cream-colored, handmade plates.
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Jenice Armstrong
A Black pope would make a profound statement — not just in the United States, where President Donald Trump has demonized diversity, equity, and inclusion, but around the world.
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Jenice Armstrong
When Jim Crow ruled, my schoolteacher parents were denied the right to vote. Why? Because of their race. Same thing with my grandparents. And my great-grandparents. As well as all the enslaved ancestors toiling on plantations who preceded them. So you could never convince me tosupport any sort of poll tax. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever. Same thing with literacy tests.
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This is well deserved. #philly https://t.co/3RgiluYHyX

This is really scary to cross. I've done it many times both on bicycle and on foot I and have never gotten use to it.

The area in front of the Art Museum is dangerous. The little piece of land is too small in the middle when crossing. Cars can’t be allowed to stop in the drive lane in front of steps. The current set up doesn’t work This should be addressed ASAP… for everybody’s benefit. https://t.co/pucEJCUIbi