A black female police captain is suing the department for racial discrimination after her white male boss attacked her on Wednesday night — while she was making an arrest

50 years later, the first black students at Girard College — and those who fought for its integration — look back at their legacy

A PPD detective is being investigated after posting notes around the homicide unit — and in the mailboxes of black detectives — that called them a ‘filthy savage’ and a ‘grotesque, primal animal.’

Owners of the Lest We Forget museum in Port Richmond plan to temporarily relocate their 1,800 slavery and Jim Crow-era artifacts to the Germantown Historic Society

The black doll found hanging in a noose at a Queen Village playground was apparently just a kid’s prank

Two preteen boys, one black and one white, have claimed responsibility.

INBOX: Mayor Kenney responds to a racist incident at a city playground

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‘I’m fighting for people. I’m fighting for Americans and citizens that have been disenfranchised, that have been systemically oppressed for centuries.’ — Malcom Jenkins on NBC Nightly News

Um, not ok. KKK recruitment literature has been showing up around Bridesburg.

The Philly Zoo met with activists about the violent arrest of a teen, and is updating its training policies as a result

Police have opened an internal affairs investigation into what happened when a black youth was arrested outside the Philly Zoo Thursday

A zoo spokesperson said the group he was with is known for "soliciting money" in the area, and had recently thrown rocks and harassed staff. The group was reportedly selling water without a permit, something Police Commissioner Ross admitted happens "all over the city." PPD has opened an internal affairs investigation into the incident.

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‘Miscommunication’ cause of incident where cops were called on parents at a West Philly movie theater?

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A movie theater manager in West Philly called the cops on black parents trying to retrieve their kids, they say

After a Philly man accused the company of racial profiling, Lowe’s has temporarily stopped checking receipts at the door

On Tuesday, Pro Bowler Michael Bennett will be at Uncle Bobbie’s in Germantown reading from his book “Things That Make White People Uncomfortable”

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VIDEO: Racism at South Philly’s Bok school incites hostility on 1968 panel

Tensions surrounding the Edward W. Bok Technical High School are not new.

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Starbucks while Hispanic: A Latina barista tells her story

The company's response to the Philly arrests gave Iris Castaneda courage to share her own experience.

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Starbucks publicly released the package of materials used in its nationwide racial bias trainings

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As Starbucks closed for racial bias training, Philly’s black coffee shop owners held their own discussion session

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Starbucks closing times may vary for the racial bias training, which takes place this afternoon at all 8,000 U.S. stores

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Two women who witnessed the Starbucks arrests founded a project to get white people to share the experiences of people of color