History

On Saturday, the stretch of North Broad Street between Oxford Street and Girard Avenue will be renamed “Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan Way” in his honor.

In its updated galleries, the Penn Museum asks hard questions about African cultural appropriation.

The financial collapse of 2008 led to many Americans losing their homes, while others profited. Today, unfair lending practices continue to benefit well-connected investors.

Ahead of the 75th anniversary of liberating the German concentration camps, the Philly museum displays art created in secret by prisoners.

More than 200 years ago, in 1811, a group of enslaved people on a plantation on the outskirts of New Orleans rose up, armed themselves and began a march towards the city.

1,700 kids came to see Hamilton the musical at Forrest Theater and showcase their own songwriting skills.

Marty talks with Sally Field, about her life, her career, and why acting was such a successful tool for overcoming trauma.

Cumberland County’s East Point Lighthouse – the second oldest in the state – is in danger of suffering irreparable damage due to years of shoreline erosion.

Because of Dwight Evans — and his relationship with Ben and Robert Bynum.

In the 1950’s, the CIA began a secret mind control program called MK-ULTRA and they hired chemist Sidney Gottlieb who was given free rein to experiment on unwitting subjects.

This week: What is Marcys Law, the ballot question in question, the races to look at in Tuesday's Philadelphia elections, and a new biography of Harriet Tubman.

Historian Richard Bell tells the story of the "reverse underground railroad" and of five black boys who were kidnapped 1825 Philadelphia and sold into slavery in the south.

The grounds of Eastern State Penitentiary survived years of abandonment and bids for redevelopment. There’s just as much history as there is terror behind those walls.

Produced and written by Black women, the film hits theaters on Nov. 1

Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure.