Blockson Collection

Black Like That: Our Lives As Living Praxis research was heavily supported by the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries. One of the leading research centers in the nation for the study of African American history and culture, the collection provides a wealth of archives, literature and ephemera dedicated to preservation of Black life.

Within this collection, located on Temple University’s Main Campus, there is an emphasis on the archiving of Black life in Philadelphia. Access to the collection’s research materials provided an enormous amount of inspiration and insight into the Philadelphia neighborhoods that anchor this project.

Gallery

Block Party,
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Pyramid Club Members, 1940s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Cooking Demonstration at the Pyramid club, 1940’s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Pyramid Club, circa 1940’s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Dox Thrash at the Pyramid Club, 1940’s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Reverend Shelton Hale Waters, 1965
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Civil rights demonstrators, 1965-08-02
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Josephine Baker ar Pyramid Club, 1950s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Duke Ellington with Rex Stewart, 1939-01-13
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Duke Ellington, 1939-01-13
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Ella Fitzgerald and Helen Curl, 1950
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Black Graduates at Temple University, 1964-06-11
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Black graduates at Temple University, 1964-06-11
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Black Temple Alumni, 1968-05-12
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Urban League of Philadelphia, 1958-06-26
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Urban League of Philadelphia, 1960’s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Servicemen dance the jitterbug at the Christian Street YMCA during World War II, 1940’s
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries
Sammy Davis Jr. at the Pyramid Club,
John W. Mosley Photograph Collection, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, Temple University Libraries