Race & Ethnicity
‘Good for the soul’: Salsa pros offer lunchtime dance lessons at Love Park
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Siempre Salsa Philly is leading a Latin dance lunch break every Thursday at the park across from City Hall.
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Listen 2:19FBI data: Pa. hate crimes hit 14-year high in 2020
The uptick echoes national numbers, which are the highest in more than a decade.
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Burlington County NAACP surveying resident experiences with local police
The three NAACP chapters in Burlington County are documenting residents' experience with local police, and asking how they feel about possible alternatives.
3 years ago
Maia Chaka is the 1st Black woman to officiate an NFL game
Chaka said she hopes she can inspire and empower others "to step outside the box and to do something different." She is the second woman hired as a full-time NFL official.
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Black woman photographer captures 9/11 from ‘Blocks Away’
Photographer Velvet McNeil describes being at ground zero to document the day the twin towers fell.
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Listen 5:54PA students protest school board’s ban on anti-racist teaching materials
The list of books, articles and movies was conceived to create awareness about racism and Black history
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Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities
About 130 Black morticians have died of COVID-19 across the United States.
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Ubuntu is more than a name for Steven CW Taylor’s spot — it’s an ethos.
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Biden taps Delaware State’s Tony Allen to run HBCU Initiative
Allen, who is president of Delaware State University, will lead Biden’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Pew Center grants $10.2 million for digital and diversity efforts
The annual Pew grants will distribute money toward arts institutions’ digital and diversity efforts.
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Philadelphia’s African American Museum has a new leader
Dr. Ashley Jordan, of Cincinnati, has been announced as the new leader of the AAMP.
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Research has shown a link between exposure to racism and birth outcomes. The terror attacks offered a unique window on the effects of anti-Arab racism.
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Listen 08:53The findings of a new study from the University of Pennsylvania challenge past, smaller studies that found Black women face a greater genetic risk than white women.
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Penn’s first Black newspaper EIC on racism in media
The Daily Pennsylvanian’s first Black editor-in-chief offers a look at how journalists of color are fighting racism in media and reshaping the industry.
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Listen 4:06Swimming while Black: A new exhibit explores Black resilience at the pool
An exhibition inside the Fairmount Waterworks’ dilapidated underground pool explores the history of segregated swimming.
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