The Weccacoe Playground that sits atop the Bethel Burying Ground has witnessed the changing ethnic makeup of the surrounding neighborhood in the 20th Century. It has gone from Russian Jews to Italian and to African American in the 1940s, 50s and the early 60s. The above February 20, 1962 Philadelphia Tribune photo illustrates the depth of the African American community in the Southwark community during this period.
Bethel Burying Ground Project 