PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Behind the glass doors on the first floor of Temple University's Sullivan Hall lies centuries of history. "(It's) one of our nation's richest repositories that relate to African ...

NORRISTOWN – As if it were yesterday, Charles LeRoy Blockson can remember his grandfather singing songs from the Underground Railroad, seemingly leading his fellow comrades in the direction of freedom ...

The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, a vital institution dedicated to preserving African and Black American history, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a commemorative event at ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- A middle school science teacher in Norristown, Pennsylvania, is facing charges after he allegedly requested to kiss an 8th-grade student during an upcoming field trip. John ...

Often described as a bibliophile, scholar, activist, historian and curator emeritus of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University, Blockson traveled extensively around the ...

The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is dedicated to preserving African and Black American history. The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, housed at Temple University’s Sullivan ...

NORRISTOWN – Charles Blockson, noted local historian, is proud and humbled to have contributed to the collection to be exhibited at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, in ...

High school students in the School District of Philadelphia will soon have access to Philadelphia’s rich history of local African American heroes and trailblazers. Curator of the Charles L. Blockson ...

The Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple University has served as a space that honored the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience ...

This site handled (or was contaminated by) uranium, according to government records. The Department of Energy initially considered cleaning up this site under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial ...

Aug. 10—SUNBURY — A Sunbury man has been jailed following reports that he was carrying an AR-15 rifle and threatened another person. William Blockson, 65, of North 12th Street, was taken into custody ...

Charles L. Blockson, the architect behind some of the most prestigious collections of African-American artifacts in the United States, died on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at his home. He was 89. “I and ...