bail bonds scandal, 117–118
Baker, Horace, 66–70
Baker, Sarah, 66–70
Barbour, Pius, 50, 78, 81, 85, 93, 198, 100, 165
Bauman, Zygmunt, 156–157
Bethel Court, 21–22, 26–29, 31–32
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 82, 85
Bull Moose Bar police incident, 95
Calvary Baptist Church, 21, 78, 80, 129, 131
Chester Economic Development Agency (CEDA), 147, 149
Chester Housing Authority (CHA), 45, 47, 52–56, 115, 120
Chester Human Relations Commission, 88, 90, 98–100
Chester Parents Association (CPA), 99
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living (CRCQL), 138–139, 144
Chester School Board, 20, 22, 50, 78, 82–87, 90, 92, 96–100
Chester Solid Waste Associates, 124, 133–136
Cheyney State College, 93
Civil Rights movement: boycotts, 12, 87–90, 93, 95, 98, 159; demonstrations, 12, 86–87, 90–200, 106, 111, 159; Old Guard, 50, 78–81, 87–89, 93, 98; protests of 1963–1964, 88–103; sit-ins, 86, 93, 95–96, 159
color blindness, 6–7, 8, 143, 153–161
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 74, 104
Committee for Freedom Now (CFFN), 89–104
Crozer Theological Seminary, 50, 67, 112, 165
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1, 19, 20, 35, 43, 44, 70, 73, 86, 99, 103, 112, 116; and the incinerator issue, 123–131; suburbanization of, 51, 56–66
Democratic Party, 36, 38, 40, 54, 60, 70, 102, 120, 133
demographics, of Chester, 2–3, 5, 25–26, 115, 136; of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 70–71, 76–77, 136, 138, 145
Delaware County Daily Times, 89, 94, 112, 152
Du Bois, W. E. B., 8
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 47, 49, 62
Folcroft, Pennsylvania incident, 66–70
Fontaine, Herman, 119
Franklin Elementary School, 83, 90, 93, 99
Friends Suburban Housing, 63–70
gambling, 19, 23, 29, 88, 117–119, 146, 148–149
George Magazine, 144
Giroux, Henry, 154–155
grassroots activism, 16, 97, 103–107, 111, 114–115, 135, 138, 144, 160
Greater Chester Movement (GCM), 97, 102–107, 109, 111–115, 119, 141
incinerators, xiii, 123–138, 143
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers of America (IUMSWA), 37–41
Harrah’s casino, xi, xii, 4, 143–144, 148–152, 156
Highland Gardens, 46–51, 58–59
Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ), 147–151
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 50, 102, 165
Lamokin Village, 45, 53, 55, 115
Leake, Willie Mae, 121, 124–133, 134
machine politics: and the Civil Rights movement, 78–88, 92, 99–103; and the Greater Chester Movement (GCM), 104–106, 111–116; operation of, 27–29, 31–42; operatives of, 20, 22–23, 31, 37–38, 52, 60, 101–102, 106–107, 110–114, 119; origins of, 17–23; splintering of, 122, 134; suburbanization of, 27–29, 31–44, 52–73
Malcolm X, 92
manufacturing, 19, 20, 24, 73, 76–77, 119, 136, 150
Mayfield, Zulene, 138
McCaffery Village, 47, 53–55, 58, 115
McClure, John J., xiv, 19, 20–23, 31, 34–41, 47, 52, 59–62, 78, 85–88, 101–103, 112, 116
McLarnon III, John J., xiv, 38, 49, 55, 60, 61
Miller, Frank, 119
Moore, Cecil, 88
municipal corruption, 13, 20, 110, 116–122, 141
Nacrelli, Jack, 55, 120–125, 134–135
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), xiv, 40, 48–54, 58, 64, 69, 75, 78–85, 87–92, 98, 100–101, 104
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 37–39, 41
National Urban League, 39, 45, 51–52
Neighborhood Action Centers (NACs), 104, 111, 114
parasitic political economy, 13, 106, 110, 111, 117, 121–123, 140
Penn, William, 18
Pennsylvania Crime Commission, 117–118, 120–121, 134
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), 130, 136, 138–139, 174
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, 55, 69, 96, 100–101, 115
Pennsylvania Military College, 93
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, xi, 1, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 31, 33, 35, 57, 60, 66, 67, 70, 76, 88, 96, 102, 105, 120, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129, 143, 149, 151, 152, 155
Philadelphia Inquirer, 126, 129
race neutrality, 16, 153, 161. See also color blindness
race riot of 1917, 11, 17–18, 27, 30–34, 42, 45, 49, 51
race strategies, 6–7, 8–11, 35, 40, 122, 143, 153–157
racial discrimination, 6, 7, 15, 39, 42, 47–50, 63–64, 70–75, 86, 104, 107–109, 115, 124, 130, 135, 138–140, 159–161, 165, 174–175
racial divide, 9, 16, 22, 31, 34, 55, 59, 60, 63, 70, 75, 76–78, 86, 106, 109, 141
racial fears, 12, 16, 44, 47, 58, 60, 62, 75, 86, 103, 150
racial ideologies, 6, 12, 14, 16–17, 44, 63, 72, 143, 153–154, 161
racial integration, 11–12, 40, 44, 47–49, 51, 53–56, 59–65, 69, 70, 72, 75, 82, 90, 100, 176
racial manipulation, xiii, 8–10, 13, 16, 18, 23–24, 32, 42, 75–76, 86, 97, 123, 160
racial prejudice, 9, 12, 62, 65, 71
racial stigma, 10, 110–111, 140
racism, systematic, 7–8, 42, 157–158, 161; intentional, xiii, 6, 8, 11–12, 15–16, 42, 44, 47, 71, 76, 101, 109, 115, 123, 133, 139, 157, 160, 174–175
Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, 120
Raymond, George, xiv, 48–50, 53–56, 64–65, 79, 80–82, 85, 87–93, 98, 101–102, 165
Republican Party, 20, 23, 31, 34–36, 38, 41, 60, 88, 90, 101, 116, 119, 120, 140
Ruth L. Bennett Homes, 55, 115, 168
Rutledge, Pennsylvania, 64–65, 70
segregation, 7, 9, 11–12, 15, 17, 22, 34, 40, 43–45, 48, 52–62, 71–74, 77, 81–86, 91, 95–101, 109–111, 115, 140, 143, 146
Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill), 58
soccer stadium, xii, 1, 4, 143, 146–149, 151–153, 155–156
spatial fix, 12, 33–34, 44, 56, 62, 71
Staples, Brent, 58–59
State Correctional Institution at Chester (SCI-Chester), 139–140
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 87
suburbanization, 8–9, 15, 43, 56–63, 71, 74, 77, 81
Sun Ship Employees Association (SSEA), 37–39, 41
Sun Shipyard, 24, 35–42, 46, 76, 101; and Yard No. 4, 40–42
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 64
Thermal Pure, 138
urban development politics, xiii, 1, 4, 6–11, 16, 59, 133; progrowth, 155–156
urban political economy, 14–15, 48, 111, 122–123, 143, 158–159
vice, 19–24, 27–29, 31, 110, 117, 121–123, 156
Wade, Melvin, 118
War on Poverty, 13, 103–106, 111–114
waste magnet, 125, 135, 141, 144
waterfront development, xii, xiii, 1–2, 4, 6–8, 14, 143–145, 147–153
West End, 21, 29–30, 34, 93, 104, 111, 124, 129, 131, 136–138, 152, 174
Westinghouse, 24, 35, 123–125, 128, 131, 133–135
white flight, 12, 15, 59, 62, 76, 82
white privilege, 11, 12, 32, 42, 51, 63, 73, 75, 93, 99, 106
William Penn Homes, 53–55, 121