Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s ‘Black Shining Prince’

Securely tucked away in the Print Department of The Library Company of Philadelphia’s collection of over 100,000 photographs, maps, drawings,

In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates

On November 2, 1914, twenty eight-year-old James H. Teagle, the “colored” chauffeur for Philadelphia City Controller John Walton, left his

In this post, blogger Joshua Clark Davis interviews activist Paul Coates–the father of author Ta-Nehisi Coates–on his life and early

Depictions of slavery in the United States have captivated audiences for centuries. In honor of the recent National Poetry Month