Media Fellowship House

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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]

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ Huff, Clare (4 April 1965). "Tolerance Fostered at Fellowship House". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 22 August 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Freedom News". The Crisis. 77 (4): 165. April 1970.
  3. 1 2 3 Serbin, Susan L. (28 October 2014). "Media Fellowship House marks 70th Anniversary with '60 Minutes' Anchor Bill Whitaker". Delco News Network. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Media Fellowship House -- An Experiment in Human Relations". Delaware County Daily Times. 25 April 1959. Retrieved 22 August 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Talk Philly: Media Fellowship House". CBS Philly (video). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. 1 2 Grasberger, Sara M. (26 November 1964). "Racial Incident Spawns Unique Institution". Delaware County Daily Times. Retrieved 22 August 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1 2 Huff, Claire (4 April 1965). "Media Fellowship House Builds Tolerant Climate". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 22 August 2017– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Fellowship House Will Remain Open Despite Proposals to Disband". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 30 April 1970. Retrieved 22 August 2017– via Newspapers.com.
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