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=== Industrial decline (1951β1991) === However, by the 1950s, manufacturing came to slow causing industries to relocate and employment to dwindle.<ref name="AfterTheFall" /> In contrast to the growth and industrialization Camden experienced in the early 1900s, there came a drop in population and industry further into the 20th century.<ref name="AfterTheFall3">{{Cite book |last=Gillette |first=Howard Jr. |title=Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8122-1968-5 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}</ref> Having reached its peak number of manufacturing jobs in 1950, by 1982 it was a quarter of what it had been. Post World War II, Campbell's Soup Company and RCA Victor had decentralized their production efforts in Camden.<ref>Sidorick, Daniel. [https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/campbell-soup-company/ Campbell Soup Company], Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Accessed April 26, 2022.</ref> This Capital Flight was an attempt to avoid an increase in labor wages which unionized workers were fighting for.<ref name="Camden, New Jersey" /><ref name="Camden Transformed" /> The New York Shipbuilding Company, a major contributor of naval units during World War II, shut down in 1967 due to low demand and mismanagement.<ref>Dorwart, Jeffery M. [https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/shipbuilding-and-shipyards/ "Shipbuilding and Shipyards"], ''[[Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia]]''. Accessed November 6, 2023. "However, mismanagement, labor unrest, construction accidents on the carrier and growing restrictions on building nuclear warships so near a great city led to the closing of the Camden shipyard in 1967, contributing to growing economic and social problems in the city."</ref> During this period there was a large amount of [[white flight]], in which white residents moved to surrounding suburbs in search of economic opportunity.<ref name="AfterTheFall3" /> Neighborhoods were further divided by the construction of the [[Interstate 676#New Jersey|North-South Freeway]]; 1,289 families were displaced by the highway, 85% of which were nonwhite families.<ref>Weingroff, Richard F. [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate2.cfm "The Greatest Decade 1956-1966: Part 2 The Battle of Its Life"], [[Federal Highway Administration]]. Accessed November 6, 2023. "In Camden, New Jersey, I-95 bisected low-income neighborhoods, displacing 1,093 minority families (out of a total of 1,289 families), while only about 100 low-incoming housing units were built at the same time 'with the usual consequences.'""</ref> Along with this, civil unrest grew resulting in riots. Police brutality and crime were at an all-time high which further exacerbated Camden's problems.
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