History

Carpenters’ Hall is now open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free.

Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, is filing the civil rights complaint on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England.

Few properties capture the boom-and-bust nature of AC better than this era-spanning destination, which is now Bally's Casino.

Historian Martha Hodes explores what happened to her own memories, and how she tried to get them back, after being held hostage on an airplane in 1970 in her new memoir.

An art exhibition in Louis Kahn Park features photos of Philly gay life circa the 1980s and ‘90s.

Rules for who we tip and when can get confusing and expensive, and tipping etiquette has changed post-pandemic. Plus, LGBTQ+ migration to Philly and the Blockson Collection.

Eight decades after his landmark exhibition at MOMA, William Edmondson’s “Monumental Vision” gets refreshed at the Barnes.

In the 1930s, the only flight school willing to train Black pilots was located in the Philadelphia area.

Interviews, letters, and photographs documenting the lives of LGBTQ people in Delaware will be available online in late summer.

Adebunmi Gbadebo makes work from materials sourced directly from her enslaved ancestors.

Blockson was the architect behind some of the most prestigious collections of African American artifacts in the U.S.

Haddonfield, N.J., is a borough in South Jersey with a small Black population, but one that dates back to the 1700s, historians say.

SCP Auctions says the jersey and shorts that Chamberlain wore during the 1959-60 season were sold to filmmaker Rob Gough.

Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.

West Philadelphia served as a backdrop for the love and connections made at the Juneteenth Parade and Festival on Sunday.