Temple University Libraries and the Temple Community Gateway hosted an open house for community members in Charles Library to showcase resources and services available to all.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Aug. 4, 2025 Temple Libraries open house invites North Philadelphia neighbors to learn more On a sweltering summer afternoon, the North Philadelphia community gathered in the cool confines of […] Professor Emeritus Sonia Sanchez returned to Temple for a reading and conversation as part of Philadelphia’s monthlong celebration of the poet, playwright, activist and scholar.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Oct. 1, 2024 Philadelphia’s first poet laureate Sonia Sanchez returns to Temple for a reading and conversation As soon as Sonia Sanchez, HON ’98, entered the Charles Library Event Space on a Thursday afternoon […] As part of the Mellon Foundation grant, Temple researchers are digitizing and analyzing banned books to find patterns addressing issues of inequality.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Sep. 7, 2023 Temple researchers examine patterns of inequality in banned books Since July 2021, more than 1,500 books of contemporary literature have been banned in the United […] Charles L. Blockson will forever be remembered as the architect behind one of the most prestigious collections of African American artifacts in the U.S. Since being donated to Temple University in 1984, The Blockson Collection, houses more than 700,000 items relating to the global Black experience, has served as a resource for both the Temple and North Philadelphia communities.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Jun. 21, 2023 Remembering Charles L. Blockson Charles L. Blockson, the curator emeritus of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at […]
Temple University Libraries and the Temple Community Gateway hosted an open house for community members in Charles Library to showcase resources and services available to all.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Aug. 4, 2025 Temple Libraries open house invites North Philadelphia neighbors to learn more On a sweltering summer afternoon, the North Philadelphia community gathered in the cool confines of […] Professor Emeritus Sonia Sanchez returned to Temple for a reading and conversation as part of Philadelphia’s monthlong celebration of the poet, playwright, activist and scholar.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Oct. 1, 2024 Philadelphia’s first poet laureate Sonia Sanchez returns to Temple for a reading and conversation As soon as Sonia Sanchez, HON ’98, entered the Charles Library Event Space on a Thursday afternoon […] As part of the Mellon Foundation grant, Temple researchers are digitizing and analyzing banned books to find patterns addressing issues of inequality.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Sep. 7, 2023 Temple researchers examine patterns of inequality in banned books Since July 2021, more than 1,500 books of contemporary literature have been banned in the United […] Charles L. Blockson will forever be remembered as the architect behind one of the most prestigious collections of African American artifacts in the U.S. Since being donated to Temple University in 1984, The Blockson Collection, houses more than 700,000 items relating to the global Black experience, has served as a resource for both the Temple and North Philadelphia communities.Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Jun. 21, 2023 Remembering Charles L. Blockson Charles L. Blockson, the curator emeritus of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at […]
