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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charles Blockson, the man whose life’s work liberated fascinating, little-known facts about Black history in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania from the shadows of societal segregation, received a rousing ...

Temple University's Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection has landed some exciting new pieces: jewelry and handwritten documents that were owned by, and penned by, the late rapper Tupac Shakur.

The collection at Temple University honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience. The collection at Temple University, which was ...

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 ...

During his 20-year career at the Blockson Chemical Plant near Joliet, Tony Datri never encountered radiation-related safety procedures. Only when he went to the Argonne National Laboratory, near ...

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 ...