Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection

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JUNETEENTH AT THE BLOCKSON COLLECTION
Hank Willis Thomas | Visions of Black Life: Honoring the Johnson Publishing Company
Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:00 PM
Location: Center for Anti-Racism, 140 Mazur Hall, 1114 W. Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122
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Deborah Plant is an African American Literature and Africana Studies Independent Scholar and literary critic.
She is editor of The Life of Herod the Great (2025) by Zora Neale Hurston and editor of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “BlackCargo” (2018), a New York Times Bestseller.

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Please join us this Sunday, March 16, at 1 PM at the Barnes for Dr. Deborah Willis, coauthor of Kamala: Her Historic, Joyful, and Auspicious Sprint to the White House, in conversation with journalist Dyana Williams. https://t.co/dJH55sIkRy

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Watch today’s program on Zoom:

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Today: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Online and at Center for Anti-racism Research, Mazur Hall, 1114 Polett Walk

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Today! Temple alumna Karen Warrington has been reporting, documenting, and capturing the cultural history of Philadelphia for nearly 40 years.
Join us as we recognize her contributions as a local historian-including films, interviews, and thoughts from Karen Warrington herself.

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Today we are celebrating and honoring the 91st Birthday of Dr. Blockson. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple.

We invite you to join us in celebrating!

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Exhibition Closing Reception and Gallery Talk
A Legacy of Preservation: The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Celebrating 40 Years of Cultural Heritage at Temple University
Date: Dec. 4, 2024
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Location: 2nd Floor, NE corner of City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

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Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection on Giving Tuesday

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Monday, November 11, 2024 – 2:00 PM
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Celebrating Jazz History Legend Harrison Ridley, Jr.Tue, Oct 22, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join us for a musical tribute in honor of Harrison Ridley Jr. by the Lovett Hines Legacy Group and a conversation with Bob Perkins and J. Michael Harrison.

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Today, October 9, 2024 – 2:00 PM | Charles Event Space
Precious Places Community History Project -- A program of Scribe Video

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Friday, September 20, 2024 – 4:00 PM
Center for Anti-Racism, Mazur Hall 100, 1835 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA
A Musical Tribute to John William “Trane” Coltrane
Featuring the Lovett Hines Legacy Group