He Loved Growing Up In 1950s Black Philadelphia
When I was creating my PBS TV series in 1990 called Making Sense of the Sixties, I got to interview hundreds of fascinating people. Civil rights leader and inner-city hero Robert Woodson was one of them. He painted a beautiful picture of the early life he and his family and friends experienced in the 1950s. His comments are particularly interesting in light of what has happened since the murder of George Floyd.

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The Jim Crow Museum

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The Rise and Fall of America's Most Dangerous Neighborhood: South Side, Chicago

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