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...
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...
Two women and one child sit on couch outside home. Dilapidated house. Cinder block construction. Washtub sits nearby. Building debris litters yard. Towel hangs on clothesline. Picket fence separates home from next door. Laundry draped over fence.
Alley in between two story identical brick homes. Rear elevation. Raised foundations. Garages on ground floor. Flat roofs. White picket fence in foreground. Ground littered with debris. Laundry hangs on clothesline in distance. Woman with baby...
