Media Fellowship House

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]

History

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]

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. 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. Grasberger, Sara M. (26 November 1964). "Racial Incident Spawns Unique Institution". Delaware County Daily Times. Retrieved 22 August 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. 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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