117TH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Part 12

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Correspondents interview residents in Harlem about the recent riots against the police, and examine the environment of the people who inhabit the streets. R. 1: Harry Reasoner comments on the riot and problems of the Negro living in the ghetto. Charles Kurault and Ben Holman interview residents who discuss housing conditions, narcotics, gambling and police protection, R. 2: Holman talks with tenants about housing conditions and welfare benefits. Sam Roberts talks to residents about the incident and transmits their complaints to the police commissioner and Mayor Robert F. Wagner, The people express their desire for better schools, job opportunity and a chance to escape from poverty on 117th Street.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs