The Sisterhood-Sit-In Trolley Tour returns, visiting Philly Black women-owned businesses

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Jeannine Cook launched the Sisterhood-Sit-In Trolley Tour four years ago. And now, it’s becoming a cherished tradition in Philadelphia. “Although Black women were opening businesses at a rapid pace, our businesses were closing at an equally rapid pace,” Cook, who is also the owner of Harriett’s Bookshop in Fishtown, said. “And so here is the tour, which says to people during Women’s History Month, no better time to support the women in your communities.” Jeannine Cook is the owner of Harriett’s Bookshop. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Harriett’s Bookshop is named after Harriet Tubman, a 19th-century social activist who escaped slavery and dedicated her life to the abolition of slavery as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Cook said after Harriett’s Bookshop opened in February 2020, she began receiving threatening emails. Her response was to organize a Sisterhood Sit-In. WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor “We really wanted to come up with methods to protect and serve one another as women in the community,” she said. Soon after, the Sisterhood-Sit-In Trolley Tour was launched. The Sisterhood Sit-In Trolley...