History

"Growing up, we used to get made fun of for being African" by black Americans, says the 36-year-old physical therapist. "Now ... we're in, we're cool."

One of Philadelphia’s true first families will receive a long-overdue recognition this week. The Montiers are descendants of Philadelphia’s first mayor, Humphrey Morrey.

Nov. 17 marks the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia city-wide Black-Student Walkout. Tribune Digital Editor Nicki Mayo spoke with protest organizer Walter D. Palmer.

A 1958 deadly fire at a Chicago school was the catalyst for life-saving fire drills. Experts say the 1999 Columbine shooting spurred school security changes at a slower pace.

The first 10 changes to the Constitution were easy. Since then, it has been an uphill battle every time, and some of those battles are, at least technically, still undecided.

From the outside, 625 South Delhi Street looks like an average Philadelphia rowhouse. But in the 1850s, it was home to Underground Railroad leaders William and Letitia Still.

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The exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia continues through April 29.

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Some University of Pennsylvania students studying African-American history are zooming in on the era when South Street was the heart of Philadelphia's black community.

It’s the young people who are creating the movements.

Black people have always had to project themselves into the future because of the reality of their present. Even today, it takes some cognitive dissonance not to be enraged.

It’s the responsibility of people like me to keep looking for people like him to make those chance encounters more than just shouting matches on the street.