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]
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]
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]
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]