Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia

Columbia Avenue Riots

Item Set

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  Safety asked for merchants in North Philadelphia

  1970-01-13
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  Establish police patrol

  1923-06-21
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  Construction work to close 2 streets

  1958-11-08
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  Columbia Avenue is 'rocky road'

  Unknown;
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  Sidewalk selling on Columbia Avenue rapped

  1958-08-27
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  Plan trolley track removal

  1925-12-02
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  End to exploitation sought, riot zone merchants say

  1965-04-02
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  Official indifference bred riot in Los Angeles, Mrs. Alexander says

  1965-08-24
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  Disagree with Mrs. Alexander

  1965-08-30
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  Philadelphia not a 'tinderbox,' Judge Alexander says

  1964-08-06
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  Negro supplement praised; Judge calls it historical

  1965-02-06
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  Hassan tried to quell riot, jury is told

  1964-11-10
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  Moore rapped by clergymen for interview

  1964-10
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  Police on 12-hour shifts in North Philadelphia riot area

  1964-09-12
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  Exploiters of Negro blamed by Moore for North Philadelphia riots

  1964-09-29
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  Three in CORE ordered held in riot case

  1964-09-10
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  Businessmen urged to join North Philadelphia unit

  1964-09-03
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  Withdraw riot police, Moore urges mayor

  1964-09-03
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  100 adults, 8 youths arrested; 152 injured

  1964-08-29
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  Race riot shakedown bared

  1964-08
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  Cecil Moore decries talk of 'tinderbox'

  1964-08-10
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  Cecil Moore raps advice of Alexander

  1964-07
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  NAACP holds park voter rally

  1964-08-03
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  Riot officer, ruined dealer help needy

  1964-12-20
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  Food baskets brighten yule for 150 North Philadelphia families

  1964-12-23