Notes for Youth Spaces in Bandstand's Backyard
[i] Educational Equality League, “Notes on the Meeting with the Board of Education,” October 26, 1951, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 6, folder 137, TUUA.
[ii] West Philadelphia High School Record, June 1951, West Philadelphia High School.
[iii] “Angry Parents Resent Remarks By Principal,” Philadelphia Tribune, October 23, 1951.
[iv] Walter Palmer, interviewed by author, June 29, 2007, transcript in author’s possession.
[v] Weldon McDougall, interviewed by author, March 27, 2006, transcript in author’s possession.
[vi] West Philadelphia High School Record, 1954-1960, West Philadelphia High School.
[vii] “Investigation of Skating Rink: Interim Report,” 1952, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 20, folder 383, TUUA; Spence Coxe, letter to Joseph Barnes, December 12, 1952, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 20, folder 383, TUUA.
[viii] CHR, “Recommendation for Closing Case: Concord Skating Rink,” January 11, 1955, CHR collection, Box A-2860, folder 148.2 “Minutes 1953-1957,” PCA.
[ix] Commission of Human Relations, Meeting Minutes, September 21, 1953, CHR collection, Box A-2860, folder 148.2 “Minutes 1953-1957,” PCA.
[x] “NAACP Radio Report on WCAM,” September 27, 1953, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 21, folder 421, TUUA; West Philadelphia Fellowship Council, Minutes, October 27, 1953, FC collection, Acc 626, box 61, folder 36, TUUA; CHR, “Minutes of Meeting on Skating Rink Project,” March 30, 1954, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 21, folder 421, TUUA.
[xi] CHR, “Minutes of Meeting on Skating Rink Project,” March 30, 1954, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 20, folder 383, TUUA.
[xii] CHR, “Recommendation for Closing Case: Crystal Palace Roller Skating Rink,” January 19, 1955, CHR collection, Box A-2860, folder 148.2 “Minutes 1953-1957,” PCA; “Recommendation for Closing Case: Concord Skating Rink”; CHR, Annual Report, 1954, CHR collection, Box A-620, folder 148.1, PCA.
[xiii] Mitzi Jacoby, letter to Mabel Queens, January 20, 1955, Fellowship House (FH) collection, Acc 723, box 14, folder “Mitzi Jacoby correspondence 1955 #2,” TUUA; Mitzi Jacoby, letter to Milo Manly, July 21, 1955, FH collection, Acc 723, box 14, folder “Mitzi Jacoby correspondence 1955 #2,” TUUA; Mitzi Jacoby, letter to Ira D. Reid, March 24, 1958, FH collection, Acc 723, box 14, folder “Mitzi Jacoby correspondence 1958-9,” TUUA.
[ii] West Philadelphia High School Record, June 1951, West Philadelphia High School.
[iii] “Angry Parents Resent Remarks By Principal,” Philadelphia Tribune, October 23, 1951.
[iv] Walter Palmer, interviewed by author, June 29, 2007, transcript in author’s possession.
[v] Weldon McDougall, interviewed by author, March 27, 2006, transcript in author’s possession.
[vi] West Philadelphia High School Record, 1954-1960, West Philadelphia High School.
[vii] “Investigation of Skating Rink: Interim Report,” 1952, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 20, folder 383, TUUA; Spence Coxe, letter to Joseph Barnes, December 12, 1952, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 20, folder 383, TUUA.
[viii] CHR, “Recommendation for Closing Case: Concord Skating Rink,” January 11, 1955, CHR collection, Box A-2860, folder 148.2 “Minutes 1953-1957,” PCA.
[ix] Commission of Human Relations, Meeting Minutes, September 21, 1953, CHR collection, Box A-2860, folder 148.2 “Minutes 1953-1957,” PCA.
[x] “NAACP Radio Report on WCAM,” September 27, 1953, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 21, folder 421, TUUA; West Philadelphia Fellowship Council, Minutes, October 27, 1953, FC collection, Acc 626, box 61, folder 36, TUUA; CHR, “Minutes of Meeting on Skating Rink Project,” March 30, 1954, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 21, folder 421, TUUA.
[xi] CHR, “Minutes of Meeting on Skating Rink Project,” March 30, 1954, NAACP collection, URB 6, box 20, folder 383, TUUA.
[xii] CHR, “Recommendation for Closing Case: Crystal Palace Roller Skating Rink,” January 19, 1955, CHR collection, Box A-2860, folder 148.2 “Minutes 1953-1957,” PCA; “Recommendation for Closing Case: Concord Skating Rink”; CHR, Annual Report, 1954, CHR collection, Box A-620, folder 148.1, PCA.
[xiii] Mitzi Jacoby, letter to Mabel Queens, January 20, 1955, Fellowship House (FH) collection, Acc 723, box 14, folder “Mitzi Jacoby correspondence 1955 #2,” TUUA; Mitzi Jacoby, letter to Milo Manly, July 21, 1955, FH collection, Acc 723, box 14, folder “Mitzi Jacoby correspondence 1955 #2,” TUUA; Mitzi Jacoby, letter to Ira D. Reid, March 24, 1958, FH collection, Acc 723, box 14, folder “Mitzi Jacoby correspondence 1958-9,” TUUA.
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