Oscar Hankinson Childhood Home: Oscar Hankinson video interview

by Anastasia Saverino for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Interview with Oscar Hankinson, retired principal of the McCall School and longtime resident of South Philadelphia. Hankinson discusses growing up in Southwark/Queen Village; born on 5th & Ellsworth; neighborhood divisions; Italian Americans and African American relations; Bartlett Jr. High School; College Settlement; South Street; 4th Street Market; Jewish merchants; career as principal of McCall school, and race relations.

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