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Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-10-15
Article by Susan L. Serbin following up on the bludgeoning of a Media man by men affiliated with "skinheads" and the Ku Klux Klan. The article focused on comments made by Mayor Robert McMahon and Borough Council President Joan Hagan.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-10-22
Article by Susan L. Serbin about residents in Springfield, PA Delaware County finding racist and antisemitic literature strewn on their yards. Article by John M. Roman about the five men arrested for bludgeoning a Media man and their arraignment at…
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-10-23
Reporter Matt Hasson reporting on the response from borough council members and Media residents on the October 13, 1996 bludgeoning and knifing of a Media Man by local "Skinheads" and Ku Klux Klan members.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1996-11-05
Article by Adrienne Mand about residents and community leaders meeting with representatives from the Department of Justice and Anti-Defamation league to address problems of hate and racism. The gathering was in response to the appearance of racist…
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-01-03
Article by Susan L. Serbin about the work of the Citizens-Community Task force in response to racist and anti-Semitic literature and an attack on a Media man by "skinhead" and Ku Klux Klan members.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1997-02-25
Front cover of the Daily Times with the headline: "Racial vandals greet new neighbors; Black doctor targeted by spray-painting hate-mongers."
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1997-02-26
Online article by Bridget Eklund about a spray painted hate message on the Briarcliff (Darby Township) home of Dorothy Williams, a black woman, and her son, Arthur Williams, a physician in Philadelphia, and her visiting nephew, Miguel Osborn.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1997-02-26
Second page of online article by Bridget Eklund about a spray painted hate message on the Briarcliff (Darby Township) home of Dorothy Williams, a black woman, and her son, Arthur Williams, a physician in Philadelphia, and her visiting nephew, Miguel…
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-03-18
Article by Marlene DiGiacomo about five men found guilty of the October 12, 1996 attack on a Media man.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-03-04
Article by Mary Jane Janco about the Citizens-Community Task Force's desire to create a town watch in response to racist and anti-Semitic literature and an attack.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1997-05-15
Article by John M. Roman about a cross burning in Nether Providence Township's Hepford Park. Michael Motley, President of the Media branch of the NAACP is quoted about Nether Providence not acting on becoming a zero tolerance for hate crimes…
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1997-05-16
Article by Timothy Logue. Headline, "Teen Confesses to Cross Burning."
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1997-05-19
Article by Susan L. Serbin about the Citizens-Community Task Force's response to the cross burning at Hepford Park in Nether Providence.
Newspaper article about hate crime in Delaware County
Date: 1998-11-10
Article by Meredith Fischer about a swastika spray painted on a Valley Forge National Historic Park war memorial to Black Revolutionary War Soldiers.
Newspaper article about race relations in Delaware County
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1997-07-02
Philadelphia Inquirer article by Mary Ann Janco. Headline, Media Group to ask Clinton to visit to talk about race. The Citizens-Community Task Force sent an invitation to President Clinton to talk about race in a town hall meeting. President Clinton…
Newspaper article about race relations in Delaware County
Date: 1997-11-10
Philadelphia Daily News article by Mister Mann Frisby. Headline: Stalked by hatred in suburbs. The article is about racial slurs, Ku Klux Klan, and anti-Christ symbols splayed across Miguel Osborne's home.
Newspaper articles on hate crimes in Delaware County
Date: 1997-02-25
Articles by Cindy deProphetis about a spray painted hate message on the Briarcliff (Darby Township) home of an African American physician and police investigation; and about the reponse of the physician and neighbors.
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission brocure
Address: Pennsylvania
Date: 1997 ca.
Titled: "Ethnic Intimidation is Illegal in Pennsylvania." Brochure also supported by the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniaand the Pennsylvania State Police.
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission brocure
Address: Pennsylvania
Date: 1997 ca.
Titled: "Ethnic Intimidation is Illegal in Pennsylvania." Brochure also supported by the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniaand the Pennsylvania State Police.
Pennsylvania Network of Unity Coalitions
Date: 1997-06
Pennsylvania Network of Unity Coalitions (PNUC) welcoming the Citizens-Community Task Force as a member. Letter signed by Robert Hillman, PNUC Board Chair.
Police/Community Relations Workshop, agenda
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1999-01-20
Program was facilitated by Ada Montare, Senior Conciliator, Community Relations Service, US Department of Justice.
Police/Community Relations Workshop, agenda
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1999-01-20
Program was facilitated by Ada Montare, Senior Conciliator, Community Relations Service, US Department of Justice.
Proclamation from Borough of Media to the Citizens-Community Task Force
Address: Media (Pa.)
Date: 1998-05-21
Signed by Mayor Bob McMahon proclaiming the month of June 1998 "Media Borough Unity Month."
Program for Citizens-Community Task Force, Unity Day, 1998
Address: 200 W. Front St., Media (Pa.)
Date: 1998-06-13
Event was held at Delaware County Court House.