New York (CNN)America’s oldest folk parade returns Sunday after coronavirus shut down the New Year’s Day tradition that has come under scrutiny for racist and other offensive costumes worn by some participants throughout the years.

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A shooting in Nicetown sent a man to the hospital and left behind damage on a building shared by a Pennsylvania state senator and the Philadelphia NAACP.

Purple Queen Blackwell reporting here for WHYY’S “You Oughta Know,” a popular series covering people, places & events off the beaten path in Philadelphia. Airs weekly, Fridays at 7:30pm on WHYY-TV12  (excerpts of this interview were featured in Nov 2021) 

In light of the countless police shootings over the past couple of years, police reform has been a critical issue for the African-American community.

Although Tuesday’s general election in Philadelphia lacks the draw of a national candidate and the city’s most high-profile races — City Controller and District Attorney — are all but settled, get out the vote efforts are persisting across the region.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The last seconds of Walter Wallace Jr’s life have played in the minds of many people for the past year. They are among those who watched the police bodycam video of Wallace right before he was shot by Philadelphia police.

The City of Philadelphia officially named the 6600 block of Germantown Avenue as J. Whyatt Mondesire Way. It was a very special ceremony that took place in the heart of Germantown Avenue in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. Most of the day’s celebration was in honor of the hard work and dedication of newly elected NAACP president and Philadelphia Sunday Sun publisher Catherine Hicks, Philadelphia City Council and the Mondesire family.

Philly PD will conduct an internal investigation. The video shows an officer, who police have not identified, talking with a man who claims he is trying to walk to his car.

“Part of the problem stems from the Philadelphia Police Department’s failure to hold corrupt officers accountable for the violent acts they commit in our communities,” Philadelphia NAACP President Catherine Hicks said in a statement.

Joey Temple, a North Philly-based activist, remembers the early years when the city’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, was a quiet organization that attracted little media attention for its efforts to fight for equality in Philadelphia.