Joseph S. Clark, Mayor of Philadelphia c. 1968

Joseph S. Clark, Mayor of Philadelphia c. 1968

Clark, Joseph S.; Philadelphia. Mayor; Philadelphia (Pa.); Democratic Party (Pa.); United States. Congress.; United States. Congress (85th, 1st session : 1957). Senate

Joseph S. Clark served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1952 to 1956 and as United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1969. He was a part of the Democratic Party, and had a major impact of desegregating City Hall in the 1950s, hiring qualified Blacks such as Ralph Jones to offices previously unattainable by Blacks.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

c. 1968

Olivier Loignon, Melanie Pezdirtz

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