Local History

Lehigh University Professor Scott Gordon will give a presentation at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Sigal Museum in Easton. It will focus on a 1780 register of enslaved people in Northampton County.

Karen Britt is a professor of business at Northampton Community College and the founder of Juneteenth Lehigh Valley.

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Esther Lee, president of the Bethlehem NAACP chapter, has been a longtime advocate for housing, education and jobs for Black residents of the Lehigh Valley.

ArtsQuest is seeking photos of local "Hometown Heroes" for their Memorial Day exhibit.

The National Museum of Industrial History was awarded a $500,000 grant that will fund its expansion.

The city is hoping to gain approval as one of only a handful of World Heritage Sites in the U.S. — and join with other locations in Europe as a single Moravian Church settlement site of significance.

Before ESPN, before social media, before the 24-hour news cycle, Muhammad Ali paid a surprise visit to Easton on Jan. 23, 1973, to appease a young, up-and-coming fighter named Larry Holmes.

The Allentown Art Museum hosted performances celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday, setting alongside its works by Black artists.