SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Throughout the early afternoon in Scranton, people gathered not just to honor ...

Shannen Dee Williams, Ph.D., associate professor of history at the University of Dayton, presented “In the Shadow of the Cross: Excavating the Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the United ...

Glynis Johns, founder and CEO of Black Scranton Project Center for Arts and Culture, speaks at the Healing Through the Arts Saturday in Scranton. Ariella R. and Zaina S., both 7, color a drawing on ...

SCRANTON – Photos, QR codes and old insurance maps now adorning otherwise nondescript traffic control boxes downtown unlock lessons in city history – a public art project connecting pedestrians to ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The Black Scranton Project Center for Arts and Culture on North Main Avenue hosted the documentary showing, Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom. Harriet Tubman is best known as a ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — As we begin our series Black History Month: Health, Wellness, and Legacy, we thought we should start with a story that's been waiting to be told for more than a century. Newswatch 16's ...

Clockwise from top left, The Albright Memorial Library, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and the Scranton Cultural Center, all stops on Lackawanna Historical Society’s Walking Tour of downtown Scranton.

Aug. 21—Who is Scranton? An ongoing, multi-faceted project wants to find that out. That's why the University of Scranton's Julie Schumacher Cohen, along with colleagues from the school and several ...

A massive revamp of the blighted Scranton Lace factory complex revealed 130-year-old features unseen for many decades. Recently exposed brick walls, arched windows and doors, timber beams, stone-block ...