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The Black Bottom and University City High School: A Documentary History

Schools and societies are interrelated, and the story of University City High School and the Black Bottom are no exception.  These newspaper articles and photos capture the changing history of both school and society.

The Evening Bulletin Newspaper Articles on the Black Bottom and UCHS, 1964-1974

The below articles can be found in Temple Urban Archives.  They have been digitized here by Andrew Schiera.  They are reproduced for educational purposes only.
7/19/1964 "University City: Brainsville on the March" (Evening Bulletin)
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8/15/1965 "University City: They Said It Couldn't Be Done" (Evening Bulletin)
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8/24/1966 "Science Center Seen Creating 60,000 Jobs" (Evening Bulletin)
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9/23/1966 "Group Renews School Protest in West Phila." (Evening Bulletin)
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10/4/1966 "Board Urged to Press Plans for University City School" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/12/1966 "CORE Warns It Will Fight Plans for University City Science School" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/12/1966 "West Philadelphia Compromise" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/16/1966 "3 Groups Fight for Space for W. Phila. Families" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/16/1966 "3 Rights Groups Back Citizens' Struggle to Retain Housing Site" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/19/1966 "Board Agrees to Reduce the Size of West Phila. Science School Site" (Evening Bulletin)
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11/2/1966 "New Plan Set to Relocate University City Residents" (Evening Bulletin)
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11/3/1966 "Demolition of Homes to Begin in Six Months in University City" (Evening Bulletin)
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11/4/1966 "Residents Rap University City Renewal Plan" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 483 kb
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12/13/1966 "U S Allocates $12 Million to Buy Science Center Land" (Evening Bulletin)
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12/20/1966 "Sayre Junior High to Get First School Pool in City" (Evening Bulletin)
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19670614_longstreth_sees_momentum_for_area_as_science_center.pdf
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7/21/1967 "Drexel's Plan" (Evening Bulletin)
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9/18/1967 "City Gets $60,000 to Aid Ill Among Relocated Poor" (Evening Bulletin)
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9/23/1967 "Powelton Owners Ask U S to Halt University City Aid" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/24/1967 "Science High School Set for 36th and Filbert Sts." (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 374 kb
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10/29/1967 "46 Remain in 16-Acre Ghost Town Where City Will Build High School" (Evening Bulletin)
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11/23/1967 "New School Shy on Plans for Science, C of C Charges" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 386 kb
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11/29/1967 "Suit Opposes Drexel Plan in University City" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 287 kb
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12/19/1967 "Science Building Proposed on School's Parking Lot" (Evening Bulletin)
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9/22/1968 "Science School in University City Wins Backing at Board Hearing" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 384 kb
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10/1/1968 "New High School Started in University City Area" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 465 kb
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1/5/1969 "School Will Replace 3 R's with Organic Curriculum" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 538 kb
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1/28/1969 "University City High School to Offer Nongraded Course" (Evening Bulletin)
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2/25/1969 "Art Jury Holds Up Approval of 2 Schools Like Prisons" (Evening Bulletin)
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2/26/1969 "Urban Renewal Snarls Slow Science Center" (Evening Bulletin)
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3/14/1969 "Battleground in University City" (Evening Bulletin)
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5/11/1969 "Students to Have Cubicles at University City High" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 344 kb
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6/28/1969 "Authority OKs School by Penn" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/11/1969 "Mantua Group Wants to Help Pick Principal" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 333 kb
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10/28/1969 "Penn Group Asks More Low-Cost Housing" (Evening Bulletin)
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12/1/1971 "University City High to Open with 900 Pupils" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 336 kb
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12/6/1971 "University City High School Begins Classes" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 284 kb
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2/2/1972 "Untrained Pupil Influx Brings Old Rules Back to Unstructured School" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 442 kb
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2/9/1972 "Violence Plagues New High School" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 324 kb
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11/22/1972 "Gangs Disrupt University City High" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 564 kb
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11/23/1972 "Salvaging a Dream" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 573 kb
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12/3/1972 "Costanzo Increases Security at University City High" (Evening Bulletin)
File Size: 508 kb
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12/10/1972 "One Big Party Is Over for Pupils at University City" (Evening Bulletin)
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10/7/1973 "Youth Service Helps Reach, Teach Pupils" (Evening Bulletin)
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1/8/1974 "Girl Wins Right to Swim in Varsity Events" (Evening Bulletin)
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