Graduate student makes history at Thomas Jefferson University
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Nafees Norris, 26, is the first African American student to get accepted into Thomas Jefferson?s Biopharmaceutical Process Engineering master's program. FOX 29 photojournalist Sergio Cruel shares his story.

Adding new twists to traditional recipes
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In honor of Black History Month, celebrity chef and baker Dana Herbert joined Good Day to show off some new twists to traditional recipes using activated charcoal.

Local teacher turned activist starts 'I Will Breathe' organization

Educator Christopher Bowman co-founded the "I Will Breathe" movement in Philly that was born out of last year's Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

Black History Month focusing on ‘The Black Family’ as theme for 2021

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, or ASALH, chose the theme because the Black family has been a target of study in various academic disciplines.

Feb. 1 marks National Freedom Day, observing the end of slavery

Feb. 1 isn’t just the first day of Black History Month. It’s also National Freedom Day, pioneered by a former slave to commemorate abolition.

Black History Month: The little-known backstory

February marks the start of Black History Month and while many people are familiar with the annual celebration, the details of its origin are not as well known.

Lincoln University teaches skills needed to have positive impacts on the community
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Lincoln University, which was founded in 1854, is the nation's first degree-granting historically black college and university. FOX 29 photojournalist Bill Rohrer has the story.