Sparks from the Anvil of Oppression
by Project Muse, Gregg, Robert
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How the African Methodist Churches in Philadelphia coped with the Great Migration.
Reshaping Ethnic Relations
by Project Muse, Goode, Judith, Schneider, Jo Anne
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Strategies for cooperation in ethnically and racially diverse neighborhoods.
"For almost a decade during the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. In a period when most unions, like many institutions, e…
Mumia Abu-Jamar gives an insider account of the Black Panther Party, the radical organisation dedicated to fighting against state oppression, endemic racism & police brutality in America. Abu-Jamar helped found the Philadelphia branch & wrote for the party's national newspaper.