Media Recognition 

Distinguished professor and author Marcus Rediker presented two lectures at Abington Meeting--the first in February 2016 and the second in October 2017--on his book, "The Fearless Benjamin Lay." To view the October lecture, click here. There is a time-coded list below each video so that viewers can scan the topics and where on the video timeline to find it. Marcus Rediker has also written articles on Benjamin Lay for the New York Times and The Smithsonian Magazine. A Beacon Broadside interview with Marcus Rediker can be viewed here.


On June 11, 2020, PBS local TV affiliate WHYY featured a segment on Benjamin Lay and his connection to Abington Friends Meeting on their show Movers and Makers.
Click here to select Season 2, Episode 6: Hidden History. The Benjamin Lay segment begins at approximately minute 7:30 on the video timeline. 


Click here for "Your Voice with Solomon Jones" on PhillyPraise 107.9 FM, October 1, 2018, featuring a radio interview with Meeting Secretary Loretta Fox about Benjamin Lay.


Click here for for a Washington Post, May 14, 2018 article on Benjamin Lay, titled "In the belly of hell: The Quaker abolitionist disowned by his faith for condemning slave owners," written by Susan Hogan.


Click here for an April 19, 2018 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, titled "Cast out by the Quakers, Abington's abolitionist dwarf finally has his day." (Subscription may be required.)


Click here for a May 8, 2018 article published in the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Journal, titled "Quaker Abolitionist Benjamin Lay Remembered".