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Temple’s Blockson Collection makes graphic novel on Black history

05 November 2019 Renata Kaminski

The project will highlight significant African Americans through photos and illustrations.

Blockson Collection retraces history

07 December 2009 Jermar Perry

Charles Blockson was the guest of honor at an event held at his collection on Main Campus last week, delivering powerful, informative speeches.

University names interim curator for Blockson Collection

05 December 2006 The Temple News

Aslaku Berhanu, a reference librarian and cataloger for the Blockson Collection will succeed Charles Blockson as interim curator of the collection upon Blockson’s retirement Dec. 31.The Blockson Collection includes African American historical items dating back

Community rallies for collection

31 October 2006 The Temple News

He turned down the Library of Congress.To the former President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, he politely declined. Even his alma mater, Pennsylvania State University, couldn’t persuade Charles L. Blockson to donate his storied collection of

Historical Treasure

31 October 2006 Editorial Board

Most who have visited this treasured collection recognize it by the young man holding a lantern near the entrance. Or they remember feeling the cover of the 1932 edition of “Lincoln the Unkown” by Dale

Charles Blockson: educator and preservationist

21 February 2002 The Temple News

One of the nation’s largest private collections of black history is housed at Temple University’s Main Campus. The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection consists of over 150,000 African, African-American, and African-Caribbean items that date back