Poetic Obituaries: [James McNeal] started his teaching career

as a 7th- and 8th-grade science teacher at Strawberry Mansion Junior High School. He later taught biology and chemistry at South Philadelphia High School, after which he moved on to Parkway Delta.

One of his books, "Thoughts in the Black Experience," could be found in the New York Public Library and its Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, his family said. He also wrote a manuscript, "Life in a Plain Brown Bag," and a number of poems.

from Philadelphia Daily News: James McNeal, 66, innovative teacher

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