Paul Robeson, a descendant of Cheltenham Township’s 15 original founding members, had had a West Philadelphia street named after him.

According to 6ABC News, the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance held a ceremony and community block party for the occasion on Friday. The street renaming ceremony coincided with more than a week of celebrations honoring Robeson’s 125th birthday.

Robeson was an artist, an attorney, an athlete, and a civil rights activist.

“At the height of his career, he was the most famous, the most wealthy, the most well-known African American man in the world,” Janice Sykes-Ross, the executive director of the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance told 6ABC.

The Paul Robeson home is now a museum at 4951 Walnut St in West Philadelphia. You can find more information here.

For more coverage, you can read 6ABC’s article here.