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BHA Death Demo

Description: "Leader: ""P! BHA Death Demo #8053 4/29/74""; Boston city officials meet with protesters after a nine year old boy, Alfonso Johnson, was found dead in an elevator shaft in the Mission Hill housing project. Protesters with signs enter the state house. Crowd chants ""we want the mayor!"" Boston Mayor Kevin White answers questions from the crowd. Angry crowd yells at city officials and move to the main city council chamber to wait for the Mayor. Protesters question a different man about the broken elevator and other unaddressed maintenance issues in the Mission Hill housing project. Interview with a woman about Mayor White's past promises to fix the inhumane conditions in the housing projects."
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 04/29/1974

Tenants Win Battle

Description: Boston neighborhood scenes. Reporter standup on the battle between the public housing tenants, Boston Housing Authority, and the Massachusetts legislature on who is responsibly for complying with Judge Garrity's law. Women at a press conference talk about cost of living. Mix of silent and sound.
Collection: WCVB Collection
Date Created: 05/22/1973