"John H. Meador, superintendent of the Pennsylvania Working Home for the Blind, ringing the cracked old locomotive bell at the home" "Bell on traffic light signal at 36th & Lancaster Av. make it safe for crossing"
"Helpmate Miss Marion Corwin (right), of Germantown, reads to (from left) Mrs. Mary Macolly, Mrs. martha Curran and Mrs. Louise McMenamin at Pennsylvania Working Home and Philadelphia Association for the Blind."
"Record players, to be repaired by members of the Bell Telephone Pioneers, are stacked by Grant A. Miller in the Pennsylvania Working Home and Philadelphia Association for the Blind..."
Dr. Kenneth A. Salaam (b. March 23, 1949), also known as "Freedom Smitty, " was raised in North Philadelphia and was a member of the NAACP Youth Council under the leadership of Cecil B. Moore. As a teenager, Dr. Salaam participated in the Columbia...
Mel Dorn (b. January 5, 1945) grew up on Columbia Avenue and lived in North Philadelphia during the 1964 race riots. Mr. Dorn discusses the difficult economic conditions within the community and the tensions between residents and police that helped...
