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    Desegregation of Girard College

       The history of the 15-year struggle to integrate Girard College (1954-1968).

 

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    Columbia Avenue Riots

       North Philadelphia erupts in 3 days of racial conflict (1964).

 

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     Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

        Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944 documents the events leading up to and including the August 1944 strike.