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New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims
The memorial opens the same week that Alabama marks Confederate Memorial Day, an official state holiday in which state offices will close.
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Former U.S. attorney general predicts continuing wave of political engagement
Former Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at National Constitution Center to mark 150th anniversary of 14th Amendment
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New owners investing millions to update DuPont Country Club
Family heir Ben duPont and a former DuPont Company executive recently announced they’re not only buying the DuPont Country Club, but also investing millions to spruce it up.
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Mummers off Broad: New book of photos documents a decade of wenches
Photographer and Drexel professor Andrea Modica photographed Mummer wenches, one day a year for 10 years.
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Listen 5:40Penn Museum opens new Middle East gallery
The Penn Museum has greatly expanded its Middle East gallery, the first part of a building-wide renovation.
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Fifty years after King speech, John Lewis honors his mentor at St. Joe’s
Lewis, the longtime civil rights activist, spoke as part of a year-long series commemorating Martin Luther King's 1967 address at St. Joe's.
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With murmurs of war growing, 2018 could be a national security election
The Iraq War’s disastrous aftermath offered my younger self a harsh lesson: Our great and generous nation can be ruled — and also diminished — by mediocre men.
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Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march
The presidents of Israel and Poland joined thousands of others Thursday for a Holocaust remembrance event at the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau.
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Cheers! It’s time, once again, to celebrate the end of Prohibition
Grin and beer it: On April 7, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt legalized the sale and consumption of beer in the U.S. after 13 years of Prohibition.
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Listen 5:37Inside the Society Hill library where ‘hidden’ Philadelphia lives in 19th-century grandeur
Philadelphia’s popular landmarks tell a story about the city. They serve as a physical embodiment of a familiar history.
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Churchill had a tendency to tipple, but the ‘British Bulldog’ was no boozehound
'The Darkest Hour seems to show the prime minister with a whisky in every scene, but as he famously said, 'I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.'
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In spirit of King, Philly hospitality workers continue to press for economic justice
The gathering marked the 50th anniversary of MLK’s death in Memphis as he supported the rights of black sanitation workers — including their right to unionize.
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The subject of a lifetime: Glenside artist Zenos Frudakis has been sculpting MLK since ’80s
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with a local artist about creating sculptures of Martin Luther King Jr. since the 1980s.
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Listen 6:45King’s final speech ‘transformational’ for Philadelphia pastor
Bishop J. Louis Felton thinks about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. every day. That’s been especially true this week.
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Wilmington Siege: Moving Forward 50 Years Later
50 years ago, the National Guard was called out to stop rioting in Wilmington, Delaware. The troops stayed for 9 months. Through archival ...
Air Date: April 4, 2018