All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories episodes

February 04, 2025 Judge Doris May Harris: Pioneer in Children's Court
ABC:LHS #071-3 Doris May Harris...
...was a summa cum laude graduate of Howard University who was the third Black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to a long and distinguished career on the bench and introduced novel approaches to the punishment and rehabilitation of teen offenders.
19 min
February 03, 2025 Florence DaVida Johnson-Reid: Reaching a Pinnacle in Black Education
ABC:LHS #071-2 Florence daVida "Videe" Johnson-Reid...
...steadily worked her way up the ladder of education until she was Dean of Graduate Studies at Cheyney University, whose history dates back to 1837 and the Institute for Colored Youth. Learn about the evolution of education for Philadelphia's African American citizens and more.
19 min
February 02, 2025 Lynwood Blount: Bootstraps Judge, Hospital Director
ABC:LHS #071-1 Lynwood Blount...
...was a municipal judge who worked his way to the top, including night law school at Temple. He was elected judge after a successful 20-year law career. He was also President of Mercy-Douglass Hospital during its waning years. He did not suffer fools lightly. Along the way he picked up the nickname "Count Blount." He also served as President of Mercy-Douglass Hospital in its final days, so you can learn about medical education for African American Philadelphia residents.
19 min
February 01, 2025Black History Month 2025
ABC:LHS #071 Black History Month for 2025 features...
Judge Lynwood Blount became a lawyer by going to night school and rose to be a judge in the Philadelphia criminal justice system. His manner and authoritative presence earned him the nickname “Count Blount.”
Florence DeVida Johnson-Reid came through the ranks to become Dean of Graduate Education and Continuing Education at Cheyney University, but her life was tragically cut short by cancer.
Judge Doris May Harris was only the third Black woman to graduate from Penn Law and became one of the most popular – and controversial – juvenile court judges in the city.
Jack Jones was a devout Roman Catholic from West Philadelphia who wanted to grow up to be famed announcer John Facenda. With Facenda’s help, Jones got an early start in a career in broadcast news that ended with him being the first Black anchorperson on local news. He too died tragically young from cancer.
These four, plus information about the legal system in Philadelphia, the education of African American children in Philadelphia since the 1830s, the evolution of Black lawyers in Philadelphia, and the city's Black Roman Catholic population.
1 hr 33 min
January 18, 2025 Rev. Herb Lusk: Praying Tailback
BBB:LHWS #040-3 Herb Lusk...
...was a running back who would drop to his knee and utter a brief prayer after he scored a touchdown. He quit the Eagles after three seasons to become a very successful Baptist preacher. He was awarded a Super Bowl ring 39 years after he retired.
21 min
January 17, 2025 Nate Ramsey: #24 for the Eagles
BBB:LHWS #040-2 Nate Ramsey...
...played nine years with some pretty mediocre Eagle teams but was voted by fans as the best Eagle to ever wear uniform #24. The problem was his legal difficulties, which plagued him before, after, and during his career.
19 min
January 16, 2025 M. Roy "Slab" Jackson: Football, Dogs, Horses, and a Rockefeller
BBB:LHWS #040-1 Mac Roy "Slab" Jackson...
...played college ball on one of the best Penn teams ever, then joined a professional league in Western Pennsylvania where he led a local team to a national championship. He is better remembered today for his skills in dog breeding and horsemanship.
28 min
January 15, 2025Hut! Hut! Hut! Three Professional Football Players
BBB:LHWS #040 Three Professional Football Players
Mac Roy Jackson played college ball on one of the best Penn teams ever, then joined a professional league in Western Pennsylvania where he led a local team to a national championship. He may be better remembered as a master of the hounds and a judge of horse flesh.
Nate Ramsey played nine years with some pretty mediocre Eagle teams but was voted by fans as their favorite Eagle to ever wear uniform #24. The problem was his legal difficulties, which plagued him before, after, and during his career.
Herb Lusk was a running back who developed the habit of dropping to a knee and uttering a brief prayer after he scored a touchdown. He brought this habit with him to the pros and then quit after three seasons to become a very successful Baptist preacher. He was given a Super Bowl ring 39 years after his retirement.
1 hr 16 min
January 14, 2025 COL Richard Henry Rush: From West Point to Lancers (script by Russ Dodge)
ABC:LHS 070-6 Richard H. Rush...
...had a famous father and even more famous grandfather. When the Civil War started, Richard mustered and led from his Germantown neighbors the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, better known as “Rush’s Lancers.”
31 min
January 06, 2025 Henry Charles Lea: He Expected the Spanish Inquisition
ABCLHS 070-5 Henry Charles Lea...
...was a publisher, researcher, and author, who wrote the definitive history of the Spanish Inquisition. His grave marker was sculpted by Alexander Stirling Calder and is one of the most photographed monuments on the property.
This is a partial rerun of #ABC018 - The Calder Connection
16 min

About All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

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Hundreds of brief biographies of permanent residents of Laurel Hill East in Philadelphia and Laurel Hill West in Bala Cywnyd, Pennsylvania. Often educational, always entertaining.