Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection

Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries The Charles L.

Blockson Afro-American Collection is one of the nation's leading research facilities for the study of the history and culture of people of African descent. Its mission is to collect, preserve and disseminate the histories of people of African descent, Africa and its diaspora. The collection holds materials with a special emphasis on the experiences of African Americans in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley region. The collection provides materials, public programs and services for research scholars in fields such as history, American studies, Africana studies and many regional/area disciplines. The collection is used by a wide spectrum of researchers ranging from high school students to well established scholars.

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ (๐๐๐‡๐…): ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ...
09/20/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐š ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ (๐๐๐‡๐…): ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐š.โฃ
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๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โฃ
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Celebrating jazz, spirit, stories, and history from North Philadelphia, where John Coltrane's spiritual and artistic journey still resonates, all festival events are free to attend and include new video installations, live performances, film screenings, archival exhibitions, tours and more.โฃ
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๐๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐€๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ : ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐žโฃ
โŸŸ Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University, 1330 Polett Walkโฃ
โ—” Friday, Sept. 25th | 2PMโฃ
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More information and registration: scribe.org/nphfโฃ
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Celebrate indie film from the global majority at this yearโ€™s BlackStar Film Festival taking place August 6-9 in-person i...
07/25/2026

Celebrate indie film from the global majority at this yearโ€™s BlackStar Film Festival taking place August 6-9 in-person in Philadelphia and online around the globe! Explore the just released film program and get your pass: blackstarprojects.org/festival

13th Annual Robert โ€œBootsieโ€ Barnes Jazz Series featuring Gerald VeasleyDate: Friday, April 24, 2026Time: 3:00pmLocation...
04/20/2026

13th Annual Robert โ€œBootsieโ€ Barnes Jazz Series featuring Gerald Veasley
Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Feinstone Lounge, Sullivan Hall, 1330 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122
https://charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/16758246

The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection presents The Legendary MARION WILLIAMS: She was born to sing the gospel...
03/09/2026

The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection presents The Legendary MARION WILLIAMS: She was born to sing the gospel!
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: Charles Library Event Space
https://charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/16112202

DR. IONE D. VARGUS LECTURE SERIES: A Conversation with Bill Vargus and Dr. Adjoa B. AsamoahDate: Wednesday, February 25,...
02/09/2026

DR. IONE D. VARGUS LECTURE SERIES: A Conversation with Bill Vargus and Dr. Adjoa B. Asamoah
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Feinstone Lounge, Sullivan Hall, 1330 Polett Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122
charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/16326549

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