Oral history interview with Dr. Kenneth A. Salaam, May 9, 2011
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Title
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Oral history interview with Dr. Kenneth A. Salaam, May 9, 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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2011-05-09
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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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Columbia Avenue Riots
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Desegregation of Girard College
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Digital Collection Facet
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Columbia Avenue Riots
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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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Columbia Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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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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AOH1093X20110509salaam
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Clip Summary
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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 Avenue riots and shares his recollections of the events, the Columbia Avenue neighborhood, and the relationship between residents and police. Dr. Salaam also discusses his participation in the NAACP protests at Girard College and his memories of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Cecil B. Moore, Georgie Woods, 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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Riots
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Civil rights
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Demonstrations
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Race relations
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Police
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Type
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Oral histories
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