Oral history interview with Karen Jordan, June 17, 2011
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Title
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Oral history interview with Karen Jordan, June 17, 2011
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Contact
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scrc@temple.edu
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Organization
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Girard College
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Date
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2011-06-17
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Digital Collection
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Urban Archives Audio
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Civil Rights in a Northern City
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Desegregation of Girard College
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Digital Collection Facet
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Desegregation of Girard College
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Digital Publisher
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Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
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Format
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Audio
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Geographic Subject
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Philadelphia (Pa.)
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Icon
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http://gamma.library.temple.edu/crnc/themes/civil-rights/css/media-icon.png
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Identifier
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AOH1093X20110617jordan
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Clip Summary
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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 well as her reflections on the role of women in the modern civil rights movement. Ms. Jordan also shares her memories of Philadelphia chapter NAACP President Cecil B. Moore, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other prominent civil rights leaders.
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Repository
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Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives
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Rights
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This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.
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Subject
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Demonstrations
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Race relations
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Police
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Civil rights
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Segregation
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Schools
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Type
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Oral histories
[Untitled]