History

The nine-foot-tall sculpture will reside on the apron of City Hall until the end of March when the city will celebrate the anniversary of her birth in March of 1822.

The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the "American Women Quarters Program," a four-year program that will include coins featuring prominent women in U.S. history.

Wesley Wofford’s “Journey to Freedom” will be temporarily installed outside City Hall during the city’s 10-week celebration of Tubman’s bicentennial.

The event will be hosted by Philly performance artist STARFIRE, and will feature conversations and reflections on Dr. King's legacy and civil disobedience.

Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, has died at 94.

The 27th annual Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. will focus on issues of health justice, voting rights, gun violence, early literacy, and living wage jobs.

Keith Plessy, whose great-great-grandfather was Plessy’s cousin, called the event “truly a blessed day for our ancestors … and for children not yet born.”

“He was very smart,” said the WIP host of his fellow Hall of Famer. “A conversation with John would go in a lot of different directions."

The parade has been happening for more than a century, and though there are ongoing efforts at reform, it shows no signs of slowing down.

In Pennsylvania, the new markers getting approved are increasingly telling the stories of previously underrepresented people and groups.

The famed South African activist died Sunday after decades of speaking out against injustice.

We'll talk with Camden Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez and revisit our segments about millennials enduring the pandemic and Cooch's Bridge in Delaware.

Born out of the Black Power movement and the African American struggle for freedom, the holiday has been a Philadelphia tradition since the late 1960s.