 | Making Good Neighbors: Civil Rights, Liberalism, and Integration in Postwar Philadelphia Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations; Civil rights -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century; Liberalism -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century; Mount Airy (Philadelphia Pa.); Abigail Perkiss tells the remarkable story of West Mount Airy, drawing on archival research and her oral history interviews with residents of this purposefully integrated Philadelphia neighborhood. Abigail Perkiss is Assistant Professor of History at Kean University and lives in West Mount Airy. |
