Shirley T. Parham
Shirley T. Parham
Historian for the Johnson House
Germantown, Philadelphia, Penn. Underground Railroad stop at the Historic Johnson House Germantown,
Philadelphia, Penn.
January 17, 2026
World History
This Day In History
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