President Fry joined elected officials, Temple student-athletes, and community and business leaders to construct book arks at this year's Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Jan. 20, 2026 King’s dream is alive and well at Temple in 2026 For the first time in more than 15 years, the 31st annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King […] Photo by Betsy Manning Sep. 5, 2025 Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.’s papers donated to Temple’s Blockson Collection Temple University announced that the papers of W. Wilson Goode will be preserved in the Charles L. […] Temple University’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection has an extensive collection of materials related to African American history and culture and has grown to over 700,000 items housed in Sullivan Hall. The earliest book in the Block Collection was published in 1600. Standing from left to right are Serkaddis Alemayehu, Diane D. Turner and Robert Houston, who donated his archive during the We Remember and We Recall: North Philadelphia Oral History Project program.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Aug. 1, 2025 Temple’s Blockson Collection project celebrated in the North Philadelphia History Festival On July 24, faculty, staff and members of the community crowded into Temple University’s Charles L. […]
President Fry joined elected officials, Temple student-athletes, and community and business leaders to construct book arks at this year's Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Jan. 20, 2026 King’s dream is alive and well at Temple in 2026 For the first time in more than 15 years, the 31st annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King […] Photo by Betsy Manning Sep. 5, 2025 Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr.’s papers donated to Temple’s Blockson Collection Temple University announced that the papers of W. Wilson Goode will be preserved in the Charles L. […] Temple University’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection has an extensive collection of materials related to African American history and culture and has grown to over 700,000 items housed in Sullivan Hall. The earliest book in the Block Collection was published in 1600. Standing from left to right are Serkaddis Alemayehu, Diane D. Turner and Robert Houston, who donated his archive during the We Remember and We Recall: North Philadelphia Oral History Project program.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Aug. 1, 2025 Temple’s Blockson Collection project celebrated in the North Philadelphia History Festival On July 24, faculty, staff and members of the community crowded into Temple University’s Charles L. […]
