Topic: Black History

What Zora Neale Hurston, Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and the sacrifice of Black women tell us about America on the cusp of Black History and Women’s History months

A philosophy professor, lawyer, and WURD regular warns against embracing distorted histories of African American leaders and activists

A veteran Philadelphia social studies teacher wrote a new book about Black Philadelphia history. Here, an excerpt from a chapter featuring Washington, aka Congo, Square

Gregory Walker’s Harlem Renaissance-style salons for The Brother’s Network invite Black men to celebrate their art, knowledge and greatness. Join them Friday for a book talk about race in America

DeJeonge Reese’s art grapples with culture, history and the ways Black women have long faced discrimination.

A sweeping public exhibition brings to life a remarkable (and remarkably under-appreciated) piece of Black history in Philadelphia

Hip Hop culture officially turns 50 today. Here, a longtime fan and scholar commemorates the occasion with some...physics

The culture, which turns 50 today, shaped the popular chef/ photographer, who has grown up with, clothed, fed and photographed musical legends from and in Philly. Here, some of his favorite moments

The monument President Biden established for Emmett Till and his mother is a loud rejoinder to those who would erase Black history — and Black humanity

July 4th means different things to different Americans. Here, a host of Independence Day perspectives — from Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Ronald Reagan and more — that remind us what it means to be free