Oral history interview with R. Sonny Driver, June 21, 2011
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Title
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Oral history interview with R. Sonny Driver, June 21, 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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Hollywood Shoes (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Date
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2011-06-21
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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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AOH1093X20110621driver
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Clip Summary
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Richard Sonny" Driver is the founder of Scoop magazine and lived in North Philadelphia during the 1964 Columbia Avenue riots. Mr. Driver reflects on race relations in North Philadelphia and shares his recollections of the riots, changes to the neighborhood, Philadelphia chapter NAACP President Cecil B. Moore, and then-deputy police commissioner Frank Rizzo. Mr. Driver also discusses his memories of the Black Power movement and 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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Race discrimination
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Riots
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Race relations
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Black militant organizations
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Civil rights
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Type
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Oral histories
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