Black History Month
Craft in America: Reclaiming Craft Traditions
Dr. Leslie King-Hammond on craft, culture, and bead artist Joyce J. Scott. Continue »
Black History Month
Craft in America: Philip Simmons
Philip Simmons (1912–2009) was a renowned blacksmith in Charleston, SC. Enticed by the sparks flying in a blacksmith shop he passed on his way to school, he became an apprentice at the early age of 13. Continue »
Black History Month
Metronome: Eric Ian Farmer
Eric Ian Farmer & Josh Troup perform Eric’s song “When You [Side]Walked Into the Room” at Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park. Continue »
Black History Month
Story Corps: Eyes on the Stars
Carl McNair tells the story of his brother Ronald, an African American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars. Continue »
Black History Month
Story Corps: Driven
Wendell Scott was the first African American inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. His son, Frank, remembers what it took for his father to cross the finish line at racetracks throughout the South in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Continue »
Black History Month
Black History 101 Mobile Museum
Khalid el-Hakim’s Black History 101 Mobile Museum is collection of more than 7,000 items highlights African American history from the transatlantic slave trade to present day. Continue »
Black History Month
Historic Black Churches in Central Pennsylvania
Find out about more than a century of history that still exists today in historic Black churches in central Pennsylvania. Continue »
