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Own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octavius catto. He was a civil rights hero at a time in this countrys history when African American civil rights heroes were just not very well known. Catto was born in South Carolina in 1839...

The future is for the unafraid. Im rick williams. And im melisa magee. Tonight its a special visions 2018. Celebrating black History Month meet temples first Rhodes Scholar. See how the sixers are spending their summer. And from mastering money to meditation, see how several black Business Owners are making their mark welcome to tonights show. Were here at uncle bobbies coffee and books in germantown. Its owned by professor, author and activist dr. Marc lamont hill. You might recognize him from ...

Philly institute of hip hop entrepreneurship is all about inspiring local youth to become Business Owners tayibb smith and Meegan Denenberg are taking a new approach when it comes to teaching young people Business Practices. We worked with a lot of young men and women who are looking to i think be founders, president s, all these big labels and everything they want to do. And we realized that a lot of them had no idea on how to run a business. So the pair received a 300 thousand dollar grant fro...

Philly institute of hip hop entrepreneurship is all about inspiring local youth to become Business Owners tayibb smith and Meegan Denenberg are taking a new approach when it comes to teaching young people Business Practices. We worked with a lot of young men and women who are looking to i think be founders, president s, all these big labels and everything they want to do. And we realized that a lot of them had no idea on how to run a business. So the pair received a 300 thousand dollar grant fro...

Through the 19th, 20th and now 21st century. This blackowned independent Media Company continues to report on local and National News with one enduring mission. For 130 years, weve for 130 years, weve been the voice of the African American community. Who would tell our story, from our perspective, not someone elses, from those of us that are African American. Robert bogle, president and ceo for the last 25 years, has helped push and maintain the tribune to see its 130th year of printing for the ...

For nearly 30 years occasionally yours has been a constant fixture in town serving up home cooked meals. We started with a lunch menu and a dinner menu and then gradually added breakfast. Theresa and Scott Richardson have been building their all day menu with family recipes and fresh ingredients. Everything is made here thats a lot of hours in the kitchen its a lot we make it work though. The turkey club is piled high with meat roasted on site. Theres no lunch meat we bake all of our meats and t...

It show a different battleg w York Police Officers turning their backs on mayor de blasio. Accusing him of creating a clima of mistrust. The i a cauldron of mistrust and creeping partisanshi all in the wake of two officers that are the sitting in their car. A man that followed up the shooting in his suicide at the nearby subway station. They released the video of ismaaiy brinsley. He was in the mall in brooklyn hoursor the shooting. The mayo has been the target of anger or members of the pol dep...