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The memoir of The Roots’ Black Thought is this year’s selection for One Book One Philadelphia
Tariq Trotter’s 2023 memoir about growing up in Philadelphia will be the focus of the Free Library’s all-city reading program.
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Literary work by Black Thought of The Roots selected as this year's choice for One Book, One Philadelphia
Mayor Cherelle Parker joined the Free Library of Philadelphia and Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation on Friday to ...
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A New Book Highlights Rarely-Seen Photos of Black Triumph, Artistry, and History
Excerpted from a new photography book, Picturing Black History, these unearthed archival images you will see Josephine Baker, ...
I find black-and-white photography freeing in a world of color-graded imagery
I love color grading, but its tumultuous nature means it’s 'in' one minute and 'out' the next. Black-and-white photography is ...
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
Round and round they go: At the PRC, ‘A Simple Circle’ pays homage to the beginnings of popular photography
When it comes to the photographic image, rectilinearity is taken as a given — but it wasn’t for George Eastman, the founder ...
French street artist Shuck One pays tribute to Black history at Pompidou Center in Paris
French street artist Shuck One is honoring Black figures who shaped France’s recent history on the mainland and overseas in an art installation.