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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | James Hurley slide collection, Album X |
| Reference | Album X |
| Library | 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center |
| Collection Name | James G. Hurley Slides |
| Collection Overview | The James G. Hurley Slide Collection contains photographic slides dating from 1967-1981; the slides document a period of rapid change in Bedford Stuyvesant, and cover the years during which older houses were being destroyed to make way for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Initiative. The slides offer a visual chronology of the events and activities that would lead to the establishment of the Weeksville Society and the landmark designation of the Hunterfly Road Houses. |
| Date | Jul 1969 - Aug 1981 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Theme(s) | Health, Welfare and Housing; Civil Rights and Black Power |
| Keywords | education, housing, urban planning, urban renewal, black power, heritage preservation, archaeology, genealogy, fashion, religion |
| Places | Weeksville, Brooklyn, New York |
| People | Harley, William Dewey; Welch, Betty; Jackson, Barbara; Haynes, Joseph; McCullough, Dolores; Williams, Wilson A; Thompson, Marguerite; Johnson, Lyndon B; Curry, Rex; Carthan, Hattie; Goldman, Marcia; Chisholm, Shirley; Barker, Stephen |
| Organisations/Associations | Project Weeksville; PS 243 The Weeksville School; Boy Scouts of America (BSA); Model Cities Program; Bethel Tabernacle AME Church; Society for the Preservation of Weeksville & Bedford Stuyvesant History |
| Additional Information | Key themes introduced in the collection include: rediscovery (aerial photography) flight, archaeological excavations, Project Weeksville, Project Weeksville at New York City Community College, community involvement, activism in urban renewal and planning; as well as a few key institutional players: Dolores McCullough, Patricia Johnson, William "Dewey" Harley, Barbara Jackson, Wilson A. Williams, Joan Maynard, Jim Hurley, William Curry, and Marcia Goldman. |
| Photographer/Studio | Hurley, James; Maynard, Joan |
| Copyright | 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center |