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Oscar Hankinson Childhood Home: Oscar Hankinson video interview

S 5th St & Ellsworth St

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.