2025 Summer of Freedom Cultural Series: Crystal Bird Fauset House

What does freedom sound like? This summer, WURD Radio invites you on a powerful journey to find out. Tune in to the Summer of Freedom Cultural Series—a sonic audio tour through Philadelphia’s Black history, hosted and executive produced by Solomon Jones.

Each episode explores a different historic site and the people working to preserve its legacy.

The series begins Tuesday, July 15 at 8 a.m. on Wake Up With WURD with the Crystal Bird Fauset House in West Philadelphia—the home of the first Black woman elected to a state legislature in the United States. Learn more about Fauset’s contributions from the people who ensure her legacy is not lost.

This summer, we’ll also feature:

• The Colored Girls Museum
• Sigma Sound Studios
• OIC Headquarters

In a city where freedom was declared, fought for, and reimagined, these stories remind us that preserving our past is an act of liberation in the present.

The Summer of Freedom Cultural Series is brought to you by Keystone First, Comcast, and PECO, in partnership with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and the Society for the Preservation of Philadelphia African American Assets.

Tune in on 900AM, 96.1FM, wurdradio.com and the WURD Radio app.