Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Floyd C. Covington papers document Covington's early life and education, his leadership of the Los Angeles Urban League during the 1930s and 1940s, the local advances in intergroup relations and equal opportunity initiatives that Covington directed at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, his strong relationships with both family and community, and his personal creativity in writing, music, and theater. The parts of Covington's papers that relate to his work at...

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A scrapbook of news clippings, photographs, and correspondence highlighting Covington's work at the Los Angeles Urban League. Includes photographs of successful job placements of Black Angelenos as Safeway clerks and managers, Pay'N Take Store employees, Helms Bakeries salesmen, Thrifty Drug Co. employees, and others.