| Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Grays Ferry is a Neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. The neighborhood's name dates back to the 1970s. HISTORY DEMOGRAPHICS
RACIAL TENSION Over the years the neighborhood has been the scene of numerous instances of racial violence. The Irish Catholics living in the neighborhood's modest Row Homes clashed with Afican Americans living in the deteriorating Tasker Housing Project. There were riots and beatings and, sometimes, killings. Tensions peaked in 1997, when Nation Of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan joined marchers to protest racial violence. As the housing market has boomed in Philadelphia, the neighborhood has begun to see some resurgence. REFERENCES |
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