
Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University
The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University is one of the nation's leading research facilities for the study of the history and culture of people of African descent. The collection of over 500,000 items includes materials representing the global black experience in all formats: books, manuscripts, sheet music, pamphlets, journals, newspapers, broadsides, posters, photographs, and rare ephemera. In 2018, the organization received a Center grant to create Black Lives Always Mattered!: Hidden African American Philadelphia of the Twentieth Century, a new graphic novel that depicts underrepresented stories of talent, courage, and achievement from African American Philadelphians and encourages conversations about race in America.