Hours before the Philadelphia Board of Education is set to vote on the district’s school closure proposal, members of City ...

The school board on Thursday is scheduled to cast the most consequential vote it’s taken since the Philadelphia School ...

The School District of Philadelphia has proposed a $2.8 billion plan to update and consolidate schools, with Paul Robeson High School among those recommended for closure. The plan, called ...

Anger over a proposed plan to close 17 Philadelphia schools spilled out Thursday morning at Paul Robeson High School in West ...

The Paul Robeson Theater and Stuyvesant Mansion, formerly owned by the trailblazing physician Dr. Josephine English, are ...

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On Robeson, opera singer Davóne Tines pays tribute to the musician often remembered for singing "Ol' Man River." Tines' album pairs well with the 14-CD album Paul Robeson: Voice of Freedom. This is ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Jamaaladeen Tacuma is a modern-day Renaissance man. "I found out that I really wasn't a singer, but I found my passion to be the bass guitar," he said. He's a musician, producer ...

This is FRESH AIR. Bass-baritone Paul Robeson was one of the most popular figures of the 20th century, and also one of the most controversial. He died in 1976 at the age of 77, leaving a huge imprint ...