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Finding America

Growing Up Philadelphia

5m 24s

GROWING UP PHILADELPHIA is a community-based project creating a portrait of the city - giving residents a chance to see and hear each other in new ways. Diane Precht grew up in a tight-knit black community in a Philadelphia neighborhood once known as Jewtown or New Jerusalem. The area has declined and she wonders: what if she'd stayed?

Aired: 02/08/17