Black History Month
Charles Barkley’s Philadelphia Black History Month All-Stars: Part 2
Philadelphia’s Black history is vast, visionary … and too often reduced to a handful of familiar names. So, a few years ago, The Philadelphia Citizen […]
Charles Barkley’s Philadelphia Black History Month All-Stars: Part 1
Philadelphia’s Black history is vast, visionary … and too often reduced to a handful of familiar names. So, a few years ago, The Philadelphia Citizen […]
Black History Month Events in Philadelphia
From tours to museum exhibits and beyond, there are loads of ways to celebrate and honor Black History Month in Philadelphia. Here, just a handful […]
Philadelphia Forgot A. Leon Higginbotham. America Can’t Afford To
The name Aloysius, of Latin origin, means “famous warrior.” And so it was suitable, on December 28, 1998, that a funeral befitting a champion took […]
New James Forten Exhibit Brings the Black Founding Father to Life
James Forten was nine years old when the Declaration of Independence was read aloud just blocks from his house. He was born free in 1766, […]
Your Company Is Celebrating Black History Month All Wrong. Here’s How to Do It Right.
It’s that time of the year: Black History Month, a.k.a. the month when America loves (or at least pretends) to showcase Black excellence. My views […]
New Scholarships at Community College of Philadelphia Honor Civil Rights Icon Octavius Catto
For too many years, the only memorial to civil rights leader Octavius V. Catto, who was born on this day in 1839, was a public […]
We Planned Our Black Royalty-Themed Wedding for the First Day of Black History Month
We at Philadelphia Wedding are always moved by the different ways couples choose to honor their past, present and future through their Big Days. This […]
Here’s How Philadelphia Created Billy Joel
Billy Joel has released just one real Billy Joel studio album in the past 25 years, 1993’s River of Dreams. Yet when he takes the […]
Writer Sofiya Ballin on Going Solo for “Black History Untold”
The second part of award-winning journalist Sofiya Ballin’s essay and photo series, “Black History Untold: Future,” will begin to roll out on Thursday afternoon. The Black […]
OPINION: We Can No Longer “Agree to Disagree” About White Privilege in America
As the hand-me-down celebration known as Black History Month settles, I’m reminded of the legacy of my ancestors and the inheritance that has historically been […]
LGBT Black History Month Spotlight: The Legends
In collaboration with Philly Black Pride, we celebrate Black History Month with a weekly spotlight on local LGBT African Americans who are moving and shaking things […]
LGBT Black History Month Spotlight: The Organizations
In collaboration with Philly Black Pride, we celebrate Black History Month with a weekly spotlight on local LGBT African Americans who are moving and shaking things […]
We Need to Integrate Black History Month
What do you consider diverse? You may have thought you knew what the term “diversity” meant, and have probably agreed that achieving it is a worthy […]
Eagles Calendar Features Riley Cooper for Black History Month
Ah, Riley Cooper. Just as people were probably starting to forget about that time that he was caught on video using the n-word at a […]