Record Number: 9751

Collection: Leonard Covello Papers [MSS 040], Leonard Covello photographs [PG107]

Box Number: 11

Folder Number: 13

Page Number: 775-785

Creator: Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies

Depicts: Leonard Covello, 1887-1982, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry) La Guardia, Frank Sinatra

Date of View: 1945

Image description:

Photographs contain images related to a racial incident that occurred at Benjamin Franklin High School in September 1945. Included are photos of newspaper headlines regarding the incident, a Columbus Day Parade attended by Mayor LaGuardia, and a visit to the school from Frank Sinatra.