Mo'ne Davis, who four years ago hurled her way into the annals of the Little League World Series and the hearts of the sports world, has decided that she will attend Hampton University next fall.
THIS JUST IN-- Charles L. Blockson, curator emeritus of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University and prominent historian and scholar, died on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at his home. He was 89.
Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
Cherelle Parker believes police must be adequately funded to keep the city safe. She said the week after winning the primary that her focus will be on “restoring our police department to its full complement.”
Mr.
@JoeBiden
, we heard you are coming to Philadelphia tomorrow. Could the oldest continuously published African-American newspaper in the United States get an interview?
@TDucklo
@JTOBrown
Fifteen Black mothers who were being detained pre-trial at Riverside Correctional Facility were bailed out by the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
@Phillybailout
just in time for
#MothersDay
.
@PhillyTrib
's Samaria Bailey was on hand for the reunions.
Homosexuality has officially been removed from the Pennsylvania Crimes Code. The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 2125 last week and Governor Tom Wolf signed the amending act into law on Monday.
Antoinette Ellis, a senior at Philly's Parkway Center City Middle College, has been named a Gates Scholar, which means she can attend any college with all costs covered. Out of 53,000 applicants she was in the top 1% to get the scholarship.
#PHLed
Legendary actor James Earl Jones is retiring his voice from the “Star Wars” franchise as Darth Vadar. The 91-year-old acting icon is having his voice replaced by artificial intelligence.
Tuesday's front -- Tribune analysis shows Trump's 'Black jobs' weren't in his Cabinet and Biden administration shows better record of appointing Black leaders than Trump. Poll says Americans split on jail time for Trump. Cheyney program nets 23 new teachers for school district.
Award-winning television journalist Ed Bradley is being honored with a mural in the west Philadelphia neighborhood where he grew up.
@muralarts
Philadelphia says it will dedicate the work on Saturday
A group of a dozen Black men gathered to offer encouragement and support for the students of Allen M. Stearne Elementary on their first day back. To see more of “High Five’s For The First Day” visit our Philly Trib website 🙌🏾
“Barack Obama is the best messenger we’ve got in our party, and he’s the most popular political figure in the country in either party,” said Bakari Sellers, a South Carolina Democrat and prominent political commentator.
The highest representation of increase came from freshman Black students. 831 first-year Black students enrolled in Temple this fall, a hike of 23% over last school year.
“I would love for my hauling company to be the standard for normal because every citizen in this city deserves to live on a clean street and deserves to not have illegal dumping in their neighborhood,” he said.
Congratulations to
@chinchilla1970
on her
#Oscars2019
win for Outstanding Acheivement in Production Design for Black Panther. She's the first Black woman to win this award 💁🏾♀️
Under the new legislation, motorists cannot handle their cell phones to make a call or almost any other function while driving. That includes while sitting in traffic or at a stoplight.
Philly native is first African-American student accepted into Thomas Jefferson University’s biopharmaceutical engineering master’s program via
@phillytrib
Charles Hobson, an Emmy Award-winning producer who helped shatter racial stereotypes by delivering a Black perspective that had been missing from early television programming, died on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.
For over a decade, singer and musician Philip Bailey has used his position as lead vocalist of the legendary musical group Earth, Wind & Fire to empower foster youth through his Music Is Unity Foundation.
@phillytrib
's
@bobbibooker
has details.
Philly students and staff will be required to wear face masks inside school buildings for two weeks after they return from winter break, Superintendent Tony Watlington said at a press conference Wednesday.
A historical marker was unveiled Thursday in West Fairmount Park in honor of the late award-winning journalist and Philadelphia native son, Ed Bradley.
The medical examiner's findings confirm the fact that Walker, unarmed and with no drugs or alcohol in his system, “came to a brutal, senseless death,” said Ken Abbarno, a lawyer representing Walker's family.
Mayor Jim Kenney welcomed the Khalifa of Islam and international head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to the city on Friday, Oct. 19, at the opening of the Bait ul Aafiyat mosque. The new purpose-built mosque is the largest mosque in Philadelphia.
Black men from across the Philadelphia region joined Wednesday morning to rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, focusing on her campaign pledges as president to build three million homes in her first term.
"The first image I saw was this Black kid on the back of a horse in the middle of the inner city in North Philly," says Neri. "I had the reaction most people have, which is: 'What is this? What's going on here?'"
"Are you married?" The frequent question for Fadzayi Mahere, a Zimbabwe opposition politician, isn't from men trying their luck. Instead, people of all genders approach her with the concern that a woman — a single woman — aspires to lead them.
“Seen and Unseen” tries to demonstrate that if we do not learn from our past, we are bound to repeat it. Hill said that while things may appear dismal, remember “we are the children of people who have been through so much more.”
The African American Children’s Book Fair, taking place Feb. 1, 2020, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Community College of Philadelphia’s Athletic Center (17th and Spring Garden streets), is free and open to the public.
Linda Brown, who as a little girl was at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education US Supreme Court case that ended segregation in schools, died Sunday afternoon in Topeka, Kansas. She was 75 years old.
Longtime news reporter Vernon Odom announced his retirement through 6ABC morning broadcast today. Anchor Jim Gardner made the announcement, calling it "the end of an era."
The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting testified Tuesday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a “living hell” by pushing claims that the murders were a hoax.
The Route 38 bus will ride throughout the month of February with a cardboard cutout of Rosa Parks, the Black woman who refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
.
@MichaelCoard
's new monthly column Black Dollars Matter will run the first Tuesday of every month and will examine economic issues from an African American perspective.
First column publishes tomorrow.
Mike Africa Jr. was 6 when the MOVE bombing shaped his life. Now as the anniversary approaches almost four decades later, he’s running for the victims whose lives were taken that day, including his great-uncle, John Africa, the group's leader.
Love From Philly will feature at least 75 performers, all streaming from their homes or personal studios, with music ranging from jazz to rock to hip-hop to pop.
"People on the margins -- black people, women, science-fiction readers, feminists, queer folks, variously abled and gendered folks -- find parts of themselves in her work.
Johnson, 92, was the head coach of the Tigers, which played their baseball games in Cobbs Creek and Kingsessing areas of West Philly. Nicknamed “Baseball Mary” by her long time neighbor Earl Hines Sr.
Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius and the late George Michael have all been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Kate Bush also finally reaching the top of that hill.
Get ready for the gripping true story of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panthers in 'The Big Cigar.' Premiering on Apple TV+ on May 17, this powerful series sheds light on past events that are eerily similar to current issues.