Oral history interview with Mel Dorn, May 11, 2011
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Title
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Oral history interview with Mel Dorn, May 11, 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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Date
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2011-05-11
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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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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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AOH1093X20110511dorn
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Clip Summary
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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 fuel the riots. Mr. Dorn also details the racial discrimination he has faced and his participation in the NAACP protests at Girard College.
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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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