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In 1960-1961, the Human Relations Commission of Philadelphia investigated over 60 Philadelphia based restaurants and hotels for their alleged violation of the city's Fair Employment Practice ordinance.

From ExplorePAHistory: "In the 1920s, the Republican party still enjoyed an iron lock on the black voters of Philadelphia. This 1926 editorial cartoon published in the Philadelphia Tribune, the city’s oldest black owned newspaper, reflects…