History

Award-Winning Storyteller Sofiya Ballin wants to shine a light on the characters and events of Black history that often get ignored.

There’s a revamped name and vision for the semiquincentennial celebration.

Peter Del Borrello III’s shop at Broad and Washington has become home to an unexpected artifact: a Bible inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr.

It’s already a National Historic Landmark, but is still in danger of decay.

David Zucchino's book "Wilmington's Lie" tells the little-known history of the white supremacist riot and coup of 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Maybe symmetry is inherently pleasing. Or it could be that in our divided times, uniting over something as indisputable as the date is just the divertissement we crave.

N.J.’s refusal to list the Camden home where MLK plotted his first protest on the state’s Register of Historic Places insults the civil rights leader’s legacy.

The Brandywine River Museum presents a visual history of the campaign for women’s voting rights, now celebrating its 100th anniversary.

The veteran reporter, who died at the age of 61 after battling cancer, will be memorialized on a new U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp.

‘Harriet’ distributor Focus Features is partnering with movie theater chain Regal Cinemas to offer two free screenings of the Oscar-nominated film nationwide.

A new exhibition by the University of the Arts positions Philadelphia as the heart of the mid-century American avant-garde.

We talk to the creative team behind the new play "My General Tubman" about Harriet Tubman's life and her continuing significance.

As the Chinese Lunar Calendar cycles to its #1 zodiac sign, rats will look cute this year.

British Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani lauded a 2003 treaty that sat unratified for years but, after approval by the U.S., has recently been dredged from its would-be grave.

He joined fellow civil rights activist Cecil B. Moore to protest the North Philly school’s segregation.