Some of the Freedom Fighters and first Black students who changed Girard College forever are still telling their stories decades later.

As the semiquincentennial nears, Philadelphia’s cultural institutions are examining the country’s founding through the lens of local Black history.

Global icon Patti LaBelle is leading Visit Philadelphia's new social media campaign, "We Are the Fabric. We Are the Thread." ...

Before the talk, the institute plans a behind the scenes Othmer Library tour from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Space is limited, and the First Fridays series is free and open to the public, as reported by ...

PHILADELPHIA — On a bitterly cold afternoon last month, Patti LaBelle walks gingerly down Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church’s ...

Philadelphia’s Black history is vast, visionary … and too often reduced to a handful of familiar names. So, a few years ago, ...

The after-hours, pay-what-you-wish program spotlights Black artists and culture with performances in the Great Stair Hall and ...

People with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Chris Preperato for Carpenters’ Hall) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us ...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Chenlin Cai and his team, Xingzi Liang, Sean Bryant and Damon Bain spent the week high atop a five-story building in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood installing a ...