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The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Community
Billy Penn

PAFA tells faculty not to affiliate the school with Black Lives Matter movement

The administration says the message is not a damper on personal expression. Staff members say the policy is unevenly applied.

6 years ago

Chris Bowman holds up a fist demanding justice for Black people in the U.S. during a Juneteenth march in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Observing Juneteenth: A march to the Art Museum, a fashion show, ‘Jawnteenth’

Pa., N.J., Del. and 44 other states officially mark June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas first got news of the Emancipation Proclamation.

6 years ago

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force earlier this week. (Tom Williams/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Klobuchar withdraws from VP consideration, says Biden should pick a woman of color

Klobuchar says she called Biden and told him, "I truly believe ... this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket."

6 years ago

From left to right: architect Chris Mulford, historic preservationist Maya Thomas, and preservation architect Dana Rice are working on a campaign to save the former home of Dox Thrash, a Black artist and printmaker. (Ryan Collerd)
PlanPhilly
Community

Black Futures Campaign is crowdfunding $100,000 to buy Dox Thrash house

The group behind the campaign wants to buy the Black artist’s house and transform it into a creative hub for North Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Portraits of Black fathers to light up Barnes Foundation this weekend

Portraits by West Philly photographer Ken McFarlane show the undersung love and strength of Black fathers.

6 years ago

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Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed

Hollywood's record in diversity and inclusion has improved in recent years, but it still lags behind the population — particularly in its executive ranks.

6 years ago

Bandcamp has pledged to donate its cut of sales made on this and every subsequent Juneteenth holiday to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Bandcamp, much-loved indie music marketplace, launches a Juneteenth tradition

On this and every subsequent Juneteenth, the platform intends to direct its usual revenue share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

6 years ago

Tomika Miller, center, widow of Rayshard Brooks cries as she leaves a news conference, Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Atlanta. Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. announced former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe faces charges including felony murder in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks on June 12. (AP Photo/Byrnn Anderson)
Courts & Law

Prosecutor: Officer kicked Rayshard Brooks after shooting

As Rayshard Brooks lay dying, prosecutors say the Atlanta police officer who shot him in the back kicked him and didn’t give him medical attention for more than two minutes.

6 years ago

FILE - In this 1921 file image provided by the Greenwood Cultural Center via Tulsa World, Mt. Zion Baptist Church burns after being torched by white mobs during the 1921 Tulsa massacre. Black community and political leaders called on President Donald Trump to at least change the Juneteenth date for a rally kicking off his return to public campaigning, saying Thursday, June 11, 2020. From Sen. Kamala Harris of California to Tulsa civic officials, black leaders said it was offensive for Trump to pick that date — June 19 — and that place — Tulsa, an Oklahoma city that in 1921 was the site of a fiery and orchestrated white-on-black killing spree. (Greenwood Cultural Center via Tulsa World via AP)
Radio Times
Community

The legacies of Juneteenth and the 1921 Tulsa massacre

First we discuss the history and importance of Juneteenth and the efforts to recognize it as a holiday. Then, we talk about the lasting impact of the Tulsa massacre of 1921.

Air Date: June 18, 2020 10:00 am

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In this June 19, 2015, file photo, the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. lead a crowd of people in prayer outside the Emanuel AME Church, after a memorial service for the nine people killed by Dylann Roof in Charleston, S.C. (Stephen B. Morton/AP)
NPR
Community

5 years after Charleston church massacre, what have we learned?

The massacre shocked the nation and prompted a racial dialogue in the city. Those same issues resonate today amid the national outcry over recent incidents of police brutality

6 years ago

Police cars burn in front of City Hall
Community

Feds use internet sleuthing to charge Philly woman with arson during protests

In the complaint, the Federal Bureau of Investigation lays out how it came to detain Blumenthal in granular detail using social media and internet sleuthing.

6 years ago

2019 Juneteenth Parade
Community

How Philadelphia is celebrating Juneteenth this year

Friday’s celebrations will take place amid more than three weeks of civil unrest following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

6 years ago

Aunt Jemima
Community

After 130 years, Aunt Jemima will vanish from packaging

A spokeswoman said the company recognized Aunt Jemima’s origins are based on a racial stereotype and that the 131-year-old name and image would be replaced.

6 years ago

Protesters watch smoke from police vehicles rise. (Phobymo)
Community

Homebound: How a new circumstance is helping me rethink an old place

We are a multiracial city made of monoracial blocks. A city where men delicately penned declarations of independence, a city that hosted slave auctions.

6 years ago

Tayyib Smith (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

This Juneteenth, ‘Next Steps Together’ offers thousands of Black men a space to talk freely

Organizers of the “Next Steps Together” initiative hope to create safe spaces for thousands of Black men to share their experiences.

6 years ago

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