Photograph courtesy of Temple University
Department of African American Studies
Photograph courtesy of Temple University
Department of African American Studies
Photograph courtesy of Temple University
Department of African American Studies
The original Afro Service Union Community Tutorial Project was a free community service established in the summer of 1963 and hosted by the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association, founded by Marcus Garvey) at Garvey Hall, a Philadelphia historic landmark on Cecil B. Moore (formerly Columbia) Avenue.
The tutorial project served many young people in elementary, junior and senior high school and was organized and staffed by volunteer Afro Service Union members from the community and included students and alumni from several area colleges.
Beginning with a staff of 10 and 30 students in September, 1963 it grew to 30 staff members and 200 students by the end of its first academic year in June, 1964.
The Freedom Schools established by the voter registration and Human Rights empowerment movements in Mississippi and other deep south states of the United States were a parallel development during a time when many young people were actively involved in community affairs.
There were many vital educational needs in Philadelphia (and many other urban areas) that remained unfulfilled.
There was “Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration” by several organizations in the Philadephia area that continues to the present and has resulted in many advancements for the community and provided models for positive action in other regions.
In the years since the original CTP several of our original staff members and students have made significant contributions to education, Human Rights and community service.
In the meantime, technological developments, including the Internet, have made it possible to now accomplish much more and to serve many more people.
The educational resources on this Web site carry on that tradition.
Please free to use those resources to the maximum.
"Back in the day," many artists and entertainers actively spread positive messages
in the community and around the world.
This is in stark contrast to much of what we see and hear in the media today.
Photograph copyright © 1965 - 2012
by Stan Daniels, Editor,
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In the above photograph we see the Arthur Hall Ensemble.
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- Malcolm X
Kwame Toure (Stokely Carmichael) of SNCC is at the microphone in the studios of WDAS radio in Philadelphia.
With him in the studio in a live broadcast of Joe Rainey's “Listening Post” program are Julian Bond of SNCC and Barry Dawson of the Young Militants.
Read more about these historic times on the WDAS History site.
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