{"value"=>"<p>These scrapbooks (1927-1961) are about the state of housing in Harlem and contain ephemera and clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. While primarily focused on the state of housing for African Americans in Harlem, these scrapbooks also address housing in the New York City boroughs of Queens and the Bronx, as well as the cities of Chicago and Philadelphia. Topics covered include the unsatisfactory state of housing available to African Americans, the lack of affordable housing, discrimination in housing with a particular focus on Stuyvesant Town in New York City, unfair evictions, the lack of heat and subsequent increase in fires, prosecution of landlords for the proliferation of slums, building new low income housing, and breakdowns of the cost and availability of housing on specific streets.</p>"}