Black history

The Black Liberationist

Arielle Julia Brown, founder and director of Black Spatial Relics, supports performance artists whose art contends with slavery, freedom and justice. The next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative

By Logan Cryer

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Ali Velshi on Erasing the Tulsa Race Massacre

MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member says more than a century later, our country is still suppressing the truth about the White riot that destroyed the thriving Black community of Greenwood

By Ali Velshi

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WURD’s Message in Our Music

Philadelphia’s Black radio station gathers OGs and MCs to celebrate hip hop’s 50th anniversary with “education, reflection and inspiration”

By Christina Griffith

Critical Race Theatre

Former Roots Crew member Dice Raw first made his name chronicling his Philadelphia history through music. Now, as head of Philly’s legendary New Freedom Theatre, he’s telling the stories of Black Americans throughout all our history

By Dr. James Peterson