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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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History

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a mass rally in Memphis on April 3, 1968, one day before his assassination. (Courtesy of Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Memphis Libraries)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Despite challenges, Martin Luther King’s legacy lives on at namesake school in Philadelphia

Five decades later after Martin Luther King’s assassination, the neighborhood school is fighting to provide a high-quality education.

4 hours ago

The African American Museum in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

African American Museum in Philadelphia takes its MLK Weekend Celebration virtual

The online events will run Jan. 16 to 18 and will feature family-friendly activities, a documentary screening, poetry and more.

1 week ago

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen through a broken window at an entrance of the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Politics & Policy

Timeline: How one of the darkest days in American history unfolded

A mob stormed the U.S. Capitol after Trump urged supporters to march to the building to oppose the election results. Roughly 14 hours later, Congress affirmed Biden's victory.

1 week ago

In this July 24, 1998, file photo, a flag flies at half-staff on Capitol Hill in honor of two Capitol police officers who were killed after a gunman burst through security barriers. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Politics & Policy

Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this

In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power.

1 week ago

Independence Hall (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Capacity restrictions mean a better view when Independence Hall reopens

If you haven’t been for a while, it might be worth a trip.

2 weeks ago

The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘Where are the women?’: Uncovering the lost works of female Renaissance artists

A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that were stashed in Italy's museums and damp churches. It's also helped restore works from the 16th to 20th centuries.

2 weeks ago

Author Thomas Ricks
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

What the ancient Greeks and Romans taught the Founding Fathers

Journalist Thomas Ricks discusses his new book "First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country."

Air Date: December 31, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Joyce Mosley stands in Eden Cemetery
PlanPhilly
Community

The burial ground of Marian Anderson crowdfunds to preserve Black history

The historic Black cemetery outside Philadelphia is still in use, and the often-used paper records are in danger of disintegrating. A GoFundMe could help.

3 weeks ago

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House
Politics & Policy

Trump’s presidential legacy, by the numbers

Trump's presidency is reflected in a broad range of numbers representing everything from the U.S. death toll during the pandemic to the miles of his “big, beautiful wall."

3 weeks ago

Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raises her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted during a rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

History will remember 2020. Here’s four ways it will shape Pa. politics moving forward

Historians, public health experts, and grassroots activists told us these 2020 themes were most significant and will most clearly shape what the road ahead holds for Pa.

4 weeks ago

Listen 4:12
Jeweler Bob Strehlau holds an ink drawing by Vincent Van Gogh
Arts & Entertainment

Original works by Picasso, van Gogh, and more on display in Kennett Square jewelry store

Hanging on the wall behind the glass cases are 48 pieces of art by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Salvador Dalí, and more.

4 weeks ago

A photograph of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Washington, D.C. 1915. Photo by Addison Scurlock. (Courtesy of University of Delaware Library, Museums, and Press, Special Collections & Museums, Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers)
Community

A Black bisexual suffragette’s life unearthed in exhibition at Rosenbach

Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a prolific writer, educator and activist from the Victorian era through the Harlem Renaissance. She lived her last days in Philadelphia.

1 month ago

Richard Allen
Community

New focus for ‘Delaware Day’ holiday tells history of enslaved people

Instead of celebrating Delaware’s five founding fathers who signed the Constitution, this year’s focus shifts to four enslaved Black Delawareans and an abolitionist.

1 month ago

Macy's department store in Center City, Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Wanamaker Organ has survived 2 pandemics

The Wanamaker Organ, still spreading holiday joy at Macy's in Philadelphia, has endured and entertained through the 1918 Spanish Flu and 2020 coronavirus pandemics.

Air Date: November 30, 2020

Listen 13:38
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Community
Billy Penn

Eagles bounty, revenge arson and a jail escape: 7 headlines from Philly’s Thanksgiving Day past

The coronavirus has upended the holiday as we know it, but some things never change

2 months ago

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