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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

NORRISTOWN – If anyone stands as the embodiment of the rich Black history of Norristown, it’s Charles Blockson. As a child growing up in Norristown, Blockson learned about and subsequently took to ...

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 ...

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 ...