Philadelphia artist empowers Black hair, Black history through collectable dolls
From kinky afro puffs to honey blonde voluminous crimps, the hair textures and styles run the gamut, initially inspired by her daughter.
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From kinky afro puffs to honey blonde voluminous crimps, the hair textures and styles run the gamut, initially inspired by her daughter.
A Philadelphia artist challenges the perception for Black hair through collectable dolls. Aziza Shuler reports.
From Boyz II Men on Friday, to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus all weekend long, the Delaware Valley is where you'll want to be this weekend.
Freedom fighter who helped integrate Girard College to speak at Arcadia University.
Bernyce Mills-DeVaughn, now 76 years old, helped integrate Philadelphia's Girard College in the 1960s.
MaKenzie Hanks is inspired by Black history, from Shirley Chisholm to her own family, to speak up for HBCUs.
Aziza Shuler spoke to Makenzie Hanks, a Lincoln University student discovering her voice as an activist and change agent.
Students helped preserve Black history by transcribing documents related to abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass.
New Jersey's Rowan University hosted a "Transcribe-a-thon" where students transcribed documents related to abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass to make them more accessible and easier to locate.
Prolific architect and University of Pennsylvania alum Julian Abele did the floor plans for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia received a $90,000 grant to help preserve its historic building in the city's Society Hill neighborhood.
Julian Abele, a University of Pennsylvania alum, did the floor plans for the Philadelphia Museum of Art and other iconic buildings including the Parkway Central Library - and made huge architectural contributions to the campuses of Harvard and Duke. Janelle Burrell reports.
Mother Bethel AME received $90,000 from a federal trust to repair the stained glass windows at the church that has stood for more than 130 years. Wakisha Bailey reports.
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey is introducing middle school classes to complex topics on race by having students teach their peers.
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey is introducing middle schoolers to complex topics on race by having student leaders teach their classmates.
The Church of the Crucifixion, an Episcopal church on Bainbridge Street, will be back open Saturday.
Medical students at Jefferson's Sidney Kimmel Medical College are members of Black Men in White Coats, a first in Pennsylvania.
Tamika Burton is making it a point to teach her students at Collegium Charter School about Black history, but it's not your usual lesson.
A high school teacher in Chester County is making it a point to teach her kids about Black history, but it's not your usual lesson and it's not in a textbook. Ray Strickland reports.
Glassy Brown Cookies' Black History cookies were so popular they will stay available after Black History Month ends.
World War II veterans Benjamin Berry and Jake Ruser are fighting a new battle that begins with supporting museums and pushing for a local monument.
A Burlington County baker is hoping to inspire a new generation of bakers as well as cookie aficionados with her set of cookies celebrating Black history and culture.
CBS News Philadelphia reporter Wakisha Bailey met two World War II veterans: one Black and one White who met decades later and developed a deep friendship.
A North Philadelphia school is planting the seeds to grow the next generation of scientists and engineers.
An initiative to get more Black students interested in science, technology, engineering and math is underway at The Stearne School in North Philadelphia.
