A comprehensive study of the 1964 Columbia Avenue riots, including a timeline of events and analysis of the social and neighborhood conditions that contributed to the riots. Includes a foreword and afterword reflecting on the nature of race riots...
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...
Report from the United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, on the race riots of summer 1964. Includes analysis of the nature of city riots, the role of police, and the alleged involvement of outside groups.
