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...
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...
Karen Jordan (December 19, 1948- ) grew up in North Philadelphia near Girard College and participated in the NAACP protests at the school between 1965 and 1968. Ms. Jordan gives her recollections of the demonstrations and the police response, as...
Richard Watson (March 24, 1946- ), a North Carolina transplant, spent his formative years in North Philadelphia just a few blocks south of Columbia Avenue. Mr. Watson recalls his experiences living in the city at a time when neighborhood gangs were...
Image shows rooftops of houses in the neighborhood of Twenty-Fourth and Jefferson Street. There is snow on some of the roofs. Laundry is hanging on clotheslines in the back area of some of the houses. There is a sign that states ""Pennsylvania...
Blueprints for neighborhood playground. Area for games, basketball, badminton, handball, area for tots, quiet area and outdoor waiting area for clinic.
"Vista volunteers Carl Feguson and Mary Sullivan are assisted by James Bennett, a member of the Neighborhood Youth Corps, in a South Philadelphia rehabilitation project at 712 Emily St."
