Leonard Covello and Benjamin Franklin High School campaign for adequate housing in East Harlem, 1938-1946

Photographs depict housing campaigns in East Harlem led by Covello and Benjamin Franklin High School as part of Covello's efforts to make Franklin a leading example of a community centered school. Events depicted include a parade and a guest lecture on housing by an architect to students. There...

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Main Author: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies (Creator)
Collection:Leonard Covello papers (#MSS 040)
Leonard Covello photographs (#PG107)
Date:1933-01-01/1965-12-31
Box Number:Box 11
Folder Number:Folder 9
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/9371
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Summary: Photographs depict housing campaigns in East Harlem led by Covello and Benjamin Franklin High School as part of Covello's efforts to make Franklin a leading example of a community centered school. Events depicted include a parade and a guest lecture on housing by an architect to students. There are also photographs of a structure condemned to make way for a housing project, a building used as an example of adequate housing, and an area cleared for construction of housing.