History

90 years ago Albert Barnes collected 239 pieces of Pueblo and Diné (Navajo) artwork. They have never taken center stage until now.

The Chester County town formed a bridge between states that allowed slavery and Philadelphia.

The money will help restore the historic Locust Hill Cemetery, the city’s oldest burial site for African Americans.

The discovery of more than a dozen boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago has alarmed historians. It's a reminder of Trump's disregard for maintaining a clear historical record.

How did decorated Marine General Smedley Butler go from proponent of American imperialism to outspoken antiwar activist and critic of the military industrial complex?

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion.

The 60-year romance between the famed opera singer and her architect husband, as documented in their private letters, will be made public, on stage, on Sunday.

At the historic Smith Memorial Playground in East Fairmount Park, young people can get to know their local and homegrown heroes with the “Leaders and Legends of Philadelphia”

Princeton University professor Imani Perry on her memoir-travelogue about the South as America's heartland and its often painful history.

While the Legislature has recently moved on some measures, like efforts to integrate public schools, others have stalled for years.

He donated thousands of items to Temple University and Penn State.

The Swedish American History Museum features a glimpse into the origins of Philadelphia’s tattoo heroes.

Black women have a legacy of proficiency in the law. Claims that their paucity in the federal judiciary is due to incompetence are fraudulent, writes Linn Washington Jr.

“Bad” Bennie Briscoe, a sanitation worker turned champion boxer, is one of the North Philly icons memorialized through the interactive installations.

A special SEPTA bus running on Route 38 will save a seat for Rosa Parks during the month of February.