Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
First Advisor
Dr. Brenda Bravo
Abstract
East Harlem has long been the refuge for each successive wave of immigrants which has come to these shores. For the past two generations, Puerto Ricans have inhabited the tenements abandoned by each group as it moved up the social and economic ladder.
Amid the seeming despair and hopelessness which characterizes a ghetto, children grow, dream and hope. When I grew up in East Harlem during the 1950's, was my life any different than it is for the children who call ''El Barrio'' home today? And if so, why? It was in hopes of answering these questions that I set out to interview former residents of East Harlem, people who have been able to make the transition into middle class American society,
Recommended Citation
Petrilak, D. G. (1991). East Harlem in the 1950s: Oral Histories. New York : Bank Street College of Education. https://educate.bankstreet.edu/independent-studies/444
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