Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Tyler Balentine was hired at the Music Box Theatre in 2023 as a concessionaire to serve popcorn and check tickets, he was ...

One hundred years ago, historian Carter G. Woodson proclaimed the first-ever Negro History Week to celebrate Emancipation. February was chosen because of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass’ ...

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As the semiquincentennial nears, Philadelphia’s cultural institutions are examining the country’s founding through the lens of local Black history. Octavius V. Catto was a civil rights leader in ...

When Tyler Balentine was hired at the Music Box Theatre in 2023 as a concessionaire to serve popcorn and check tickets, he was informed that he could have a hand in programming too. From that seed ...