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Feb 17, 2005

A place to belong

As long as Edith Brooks obeyed her mother and attended Mass every Sunday, the 16-year-old was free to cut a rug on Sunday nights.

Brooks and her friends went dancing at the O.V. Catto Elks Lodge, one of many all-black dance halls and nightclubs in the late 1930s.

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Feb 17, 2005

Catch up on fish

The Lenten season is upon us and many Philadelphians are searching for quick and delicious ways to prepare fresh fish and shellfish.

I cook fish and shellfish often but leave the fancier preparations to professional chefs. I love a whole fried crispy fish, especially in…

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Feb 17, 2005

Saints in the city

We lived in an area of South Philadelphia that was considered the Jewish section, but there were also pockets of Irish Catholics and, just a block or two away, there were blacks too.

You could have called it the melting pot of America in the 1950s, but if you looked…

Admin in South Philly Review

Feb 17, 2005

Saints in the city

We lived in an area of South Philadelphia that was considered the Jewish section, but there were also pockets of Irish Catholics and, just a block or two away, there were blacks too.

You could have called it the melting pot of America in the 1950s, but if you looked…

February 17, 2005

February 24, 2005

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