History

Local authorities proposed building 2,500 units in mostly white neighborhoods. Racism kept it from happening.

The first exhibition, which opens Jan. 30, will be in collaboration with the Association for Public Art.

The Bicentennial Bell was presented to Philly by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976. It will have a second life in the Benjamin Rush Garden.

It's Studio 2 spooky season. Author Jennifer Green talks about 'Dark History of Penn's Woods II' and music and film composer James Newton Howard spills his creative guts.

A government employee and inventor named Joseph Saxton captured the image, which shows Central High School and the Pa. Arsenal.

The statue shows the fierce abolitionist and former slave as a reverent warrior for liberation.

The Native American Advancement Corporation purchased 63 acres in Salem County to preserve and teach about Lenape people.

A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests.

The renowned printmaker had befriended a blind boy from the neighborhood in North Philly. Now his descendants keep Thrash’s legacy alive.

In a town whose history is intertwined with a massive train accident, residents have clashed with SEPTA in an effort to preserve a relic of the Ambler Train Station.

For the second time this year, vandals have targeted the Newark area museum’s African American History Trail, this time with racist graffiti.

The museum’s new leadership recently removed online exhibits and videos in the name of an ethical review. The CEO resigned after two years into her tenure.

It's Breast Cancer Awareness month and we discuss new treatments and changing guidelines. Plus, celebrating Philadelphia's iconic Electric Factory.

The tribute runs October through February, with imagery, walking tours, interactive games, and discussion salons.

It took place annually from 1971 through 1998, when it folded because it had inspired so many copycats.