Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered this speech speaking to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967, nine years after he was stabbed in Harlem, NY in 1958. Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Philadelphia
How The Modern Harlem Man Might Dress, According To A Professional “Wardrobe Fixer”
A-list celebrities in and out of Harlem have stylists who dress them for everything from film premieres to their walks from the car to the airport terminal (yes, really). Continue Reading →
Ah, Sugar, Sugar, Experts Issue New Guidance On Sugary Drinks For Kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), along with a coalition of other medical groups, have submitted new recommended guidelines focused on young children’s consumption of sugary drinks from Harlem to Hollywood. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Historic “Scullers Row,” 1840’s-1950’s
Around the 1840’s Harlem and New York City was the birthplace of rowing in the United States and continued to be the center of rowing activity until the 1950’s.
Starbucks To Close All Stores From Harlem To Hollis For Racial-Bias Education
Starbucks today announced it will be closing its more than 8,000 company-owned stores in the United States on the afternoon of May 29, 2018, to conduct racial-bias education geared toward preventing discrimination in our stores. Continue Reading →
Concern From Harlem To Hollywood, As ACLU Makes Statement On Arrests At Philadelphia Starbucks
In a statement released today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania condemned the actions of the Starbucks employee and the Philadelphia police officers that resulted in the arrest of two African-American men on Thursday who were waiting to meet a business acquaintance, then held for hours before being released without charge. Continue Reading →
“The New Negro: The Life Of Alain Locke,” Who Believed Art Was Key To Black Liberation
A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro – Continue Reading →