Mural Arts Philadelphia is celebrating Black History Month by hosting two 90-minute trolley tours of murals featuring iconic Black figures, civic leaders and social justice issues. Tickets are available now for tours on Feb. 5 and Feb. 25. Some stops along the way include 'Cecil B. Moore Freedom Fighters.' Previous tours have featured 'Tuskegee Airmen: They Met The Challenge,' 'Staircases and Mountaintops: Ascending Beyond The Dream' and 'Remembering A Forgotten Hero.'
Migrants, refugees and their supporters participated in a march and rally in Philadelphia on the national ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Feb. 14, to demand that President Joe Biden keep his campaign promises and grant them citizenship now. Despite frigid temperatures the protest, which started with around 30 people, grew to well…
The event was held by the community college to honor Octavius V. Catto and the first round of students to graduate under an Octavius Catto Scholarship.