The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s premier civil rights organization, issued the following statement following the disgraceful arrest of two African American men in a Philadelphia Starbucks.
Two giants of soul enshrined with bronze plaques on the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame have been awarded the music industry’s highest honor
Hopkins has many achievements, which include only having seven losses and never being knocked out.
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded by a freed slave who created a new religion rather than endure racism from white worshippers, is marking its bicentennial in its birthplace of Philadelphia.
A black activist, educator and writer called “the Martin Luther King Jr. of the 19th century” will be honored at City Hall with a public memorial.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy is under investigation over the alleged assault of two off-duty police officers at a Philadelphia nightclub. The fight broke out early Sunday after an argument over a bottle of champagne, police said in a report released Monday. One 40-year-old officer was knocked to the ground, where he was punched, kicked and stomped multiple times on his body and head, police said. A second off-duty officer, also 40, intervened with security guards. All were ejected from the club. One officer had a broken nose, broken ribs and a sprained thumb, police said,
