Arcadia University
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5th May 2025
Philadelphia Freedom Fighter Visits Arcadia to Discuss Making the World a Better Place | Arcadia University
Kenneth “Freedom Smitty” Salaam’s life experiences have run the gamut. In the mid-1960s, along with Cecil B. Moore and others, he helped desegregate Girard College, a boarding school in North Philadelphia known for admitting white male orphans only. This earned him and the group the title of “Philadelphia Freedom Fighters.”
In addition, Salaam worked with Fannie Lou Hamer in Mississippi to fight for the rights of African Americans to vote, and participated in a demonstration with Dr. Martin L...