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Charles Library shapes the future at Temple and beyond

[node:video]Charles Library will change the landscape of Temple University more than just physically for years to come. Its vast technological improvements, prioritization of space, and attention to the needs of modern life and learning place it firmly as a cutting-edge library of the 21st century. The elements that set Charles Library apart will undoubtedly change in ....

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40 Years a Prisoner Unearths a Little-Told History of Police Violence in Philadelphia


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Mike Africa Jr. met his parents in prison. In fact, he was born in a cell. For most of his life, he did all he could to get his mother,
Debbie Africa, and father,
Mike Africa Sr., released. A new documentary,
40 Years a Prisoner, available on HBO now, follows his journey fighting his parents’ incarceration and rigorously examines the sordid history of law enforcement practices like the ones that landed them there in the first place.
Like Africa Jr., director
Tommy Oliver grew up in Philadelphia, hearing rumblings about MOVE the back-to-the-land Black anarchist group Africa Jr.’s parents were core members of. (While the name is capitalized, it’s not an acronym.) It wasn’t until Oliver began doing his own research on MOVE that a much bigger story began to reveal itself. “I watched everything I could. And then I went to the Temple [University] Urban Archives, and I went through dozens of boxes of content,” Oliver told ....

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