An Island in America
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1994.4.1
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.)
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content: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology videos
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Video recordings (30 minutes, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film produced for the Anti Defamation League of B'nai Brith in cooperation with the Philadelphia School District presents problems faced by Puerto Rican immigrants in mainland cities including inadequate housing, lack of jobs, language barriers especially in school, and racial and religious discrimination. Film also includes interviews with former New York Board of Education president Joseph Monserrat, student Ramon Arbon, and New York Congressman Herman Badillo and a history of Puerto Rico and relations with the United States.  David Sawyer, film producer and director.

Legacy Keywords: Discrimination in employment ; Emigration and immigration ; Discrimination