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The founders of the Black American Racing Association (from left) Leonard Miller, Malcolm Durham, Wendell Scott and Ronald Hines. (Courtesy Leonard Miller)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Blazing a trail for African-American racers

Leonard Miller’s first car was a 1940 Ford Club Coupe, a chop-top convertible that he modified with a Mercury motor and a transmission pulled from a Lincoln.

7 years ago

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough speaks about a history award named in his honor at a Thursday ceremony in Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall. (Taylor Allen for WHYY)
Community

Philly award honoring historian McCullough to recognize educators, storytellers

David McCullough, one of America’s most notable historians, now has a prize named after him.

7 years ago

Blue Velvet performs at the Father's Day spaghetti dinner at the South Philly String Band Club. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
Community

Members of South Philly mummers club do Father’s Day their way with Doo-Wop

On Saturday night at the South Philly String Band Club, the dads controlled the soundtrack.

7 years ago

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Susan McAninley collects stories from the descendants of immigrants who came through Pier 53 in South Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

A quest to conjure Philadelphia’s immigrant past at Pier 53

Pier 53, in South Philly, was the city’s own version of Ellis Island. One woman has made it her business to preserve the stories of immigrants who came through the pier.

7 years ago

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A document identifying Saja Iwensky from the Feldafing displaced person’s camp in Germany   (Courtesy of Judy Eidelson)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Did European immigrants come to the U.S. ‘the right way’?

How hard was it to immigrate when people coming to the U.S. were more likely to be from Italy than El Salvador?

7 years ago

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Assistant curator Matthew Skic looks the newly-hung Commander-in-Chief's Standard, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The faded and fragile blue silk flag marked General George Washington's presence on the battlefield during the Revolutionary War. The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing on Thursday, June 14, Flag Day, until Sunday. Its appearance at the museum is the flag's first public display in Philadelphia since the war. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Arts & Entertainment

Washington’s battlefield flag on view in Philly at Museum of American Revolution

The museum is bringing the flag out of its archives for public viewing from Thursday through Sunday.

7 years ago

A Carlisle Historical Society exhibit depicts the
Community

A century after deaths, Native American kids buried at Pa. boarding school to return home

The remains of four Native American children were being disinterred Thursday so they can start the long journey home.

7 years ago

DJ Jazzy Jeff spinning in Philadelphia in 2003.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

From Lady B to Meek Mill, tracing the roots of Philly hip-hop — June 15, 2018

Dig into the history of hip-hop in Philadelphia with two short documentaries at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Dorothy Cotton, who was educational director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the civil rights era, has died at 88. (Dorothy Cotton Institute)
NPR
Community

Civil rights leader Dorothy Cotton dies at 88

Dorothy Cotton, a leader in the civil rights movement who educated thousands of African-Americans about their rights and the power of organizing, has died at 88.

7 years ago

Bethel Burying Ground
Community

Philadelphia plans memorial for historic Bethel Burying Ground

Started in 1810 by Richard Allen, the founder of Mother Bethel AME Church, the cemetery was located in what was then known as Southwark Township — a majority-black community.

7 years ago

Dr. Fred Simeone stands amid his collection at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, which traces the history of auto racing and emphasizes the value of competition as a spur to progress.
Arts & Entertainment

Award-winning vintage car museum reaches 10th year, still waiting for crowds in Southwest Philly

The Simeone Museum of classic racing cars celebrates its 10th anniversary, winning awards but still looking for its audience.

7 years ago

A sample of saliva can unlock details about a person's genetic makeup.
(Andrew Brookes/Cultura RF/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

POLL: Genealogical curiosity a top reason for DNA tests; privacy a concern

The proportion of interested people who said they or a family member had ever ordered a direct-to-consumer test was 32 percent.

7 years ago

Juan Romero, 67, at his home in Modesto, Calif., holds a photo of himself and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, taken by The Los Angeles Times' Boris Yaro on June 5, 1968. (Jud Esty-Kendall/StoryCorps)
NPR
Community

The busboy who cradled a dying Bobby Kennedy recalls those final moments

In an interview with StoryCorps, Juan Romero, now 67, remembers meeting Kennedy the day before the assassination.

7 years ago

 Laurel Hill Cemetery (Steven Ujifusa/For NewsWorks)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

The Divine Hand Ensemble brings a haunting concert to Laurel Hill Cemetery — June 2, 2018

It's never too late to have a goth phase. Get spooky at this ethereal concert, which will showcase the otherworldly tones of the theremin.

7 years ago

A 1943 photograph of a detention hospital for infected women in Leesville, LA.
Radio Times
Health

The American Plan: the government’s incarceration of ‘promiscuous’ women

Guest: Scott Stern The United States government incarcerated tens of thousands of “promiscuous” women in the ...

Air Date: May 31, 2018 10:00 am

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