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Talks about teaching the History 443 course at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Information on the student presentations of their class syllabus; Description of the components of the students' final papers; Project which sent the students into the schools of West Philadelphia.

Explores the origins of workplace affirmative action in U.S. civil rights activists' postwar struggle to break the white-dominated construction trades in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Views on affirmative action; Key actors in the history of affirmative action; Demonstrations staged by civil rights activists in Philadelphia in the 1960s to protest discrimination against African Americans in the building trades.

An essay is presented on gay rights in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1982. It focuses on the relationship between the gay liberation movement and race relations, commenting on gays and African Americans as minorities. The author examines gay identity, gay rights legislation, and opposition from conservatives. He also discusses several gay rights activists, including Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald, and several gay rights organizations, including the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA).

Focuses on the correspondence of Philadelphia, Pa.'s largest wholesale merchants in the 18th century. Dependence of trade in narratives of business failures using gender imagery; Significance of merchants' letters for study of cultural production of gender categories; Meaning of elusive masculinity; Use of theatrical paradigm to shape concerns about manly identity.