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A Black Girl Was Killed By Philadelphia Police. So Why Did An Ivy League School Have Her Bones?
Katricia Dotson’s parents thought she was buried the year she died. But it turns out her remains were being held at a University of Pennsylvania museum.
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Philly Museum Apologizes for Keeping Bones of a Black Child Killed in MOVE Bombing Raid for More Than 30 Years
The University of Pennsylvania has issued an apology after it was discovered that one of its museums stored remains of a MOVE bombing victim for more than 30 years. According to the Washington Post, city officials wanted to determine if the remains belonged to Katricia “Tree” Africa, a 14-year-old killed in the bombing. They were…
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America's Top Business School Names First Black Woman as Dean
For the first time in its 139-year history, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, the top-ranked business school in the country, will have a black woman serve as its dean. Erika James, who has led Emory’s Goizueta School of Business since 2016, was named the school’s next dean, making her the first woman…
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Penn Students Remove Picture of William Shakespeare, Replace it With Audre Lorde
The blackest thing ever happened on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania: A group of students recently removed a picture of William Shakespeare and replaced it with one of Audre Lorde. Fisher-Bennett Hall is home to Penn’s English department, and the portrait of Shakespeare has resided over the main staircase in the building for…