Charles Blockson’s grade school teacher told him Black people have no history. He set out to prove her wrong
A 1942 classroom with old-style wooden desks, a chalkboard, and a large, blown-up grade-school class photo showing Charles L. Blockson, one of only a handful of Black children in a predominantly white group, greets you early in the exhibition.
The Philadelphia Inquirer ·
The Philadelphia Inquirer
