New York World Telegram and Sun
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Award-winning series in the late 1950s and early 1960s from the New York World Telegram and Sun.
Articles, Books, Video/Film
I-"I Was A Mental Patient At Kings County" - Michael Mok - New York World Telegram and Sun | Scared children, depraved men, jammed in wards; reporter reveals overcrowding and inadequate staff
March 15, 1961
This is the first article in the World-Telegram's series called "I Was a Mental Patient" by reporter Michael Mok. ...II-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Inmates sleep on floor, mutter, stare into corner
March 16, 1961
In part two of the World-Telegram's series, Mok describes how he gained admittance to the hospital and his first ...II-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Ward 51 - Nightmare Of Violence
March 17, 1961
In the third article of his "I Was a Mental Patient" series, Mok meets other patients at Kings County and learns ...IV-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Crowds Turn Visiting Hour Into Bedlam
March 18, 1961
In this fourth installment of his "I Was a Mental Patient" series, Mok describes the chaos of visiting hour at Kings ...V-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Outside World Helps Lessen Boredom
March 20, 1961
In the fifth article of the "I Was a Mental Patient" series, Michael Mok describes the excruciating boredom he ...VI-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | In Ward 33 Only Delusion is Bearable
March 21, 1961
In the sixth installment of the "I Was a Mental Patient" series, Mok describes the condition of Ward 33 of Kings ...VII-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Entering Hospital Easier Than Exit
March 22, 1961
In the seventh article, Mok describes the ordeal of convincing his psychiatrist to release him from Kings County ...VIII-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Ward Miseries Are Worse for Women
March 23, 1961
In the eighth, and second to last, installment of his "I Was a Mental Patient" series, Mok relays the experience of ...IX-"I Was A Mental Patient" - Michael Mok - New York Telegram and Sun | Frightened Youngsters Put In With Depraved
March 24, 1961
In the ninth and final installment of his "I Was a Mental Patient" series, Mok summarizes what he believes to be the ...II-"Migrant Pay $4.32 a Day In Florida Tomato Field" - Dale Wright - New York Telegram and Sun
October 11, 1961
In the context of four migrant worker deaths in a labor farm fire, Dale Wright continues his reporting based on six ...I-"I Saw Human Shame as a Migrant Worker" - Dale Wright - New York Telegram and Sun
October 10, 1961
For six months, on and off, Dale Wright worked as a migrant worker. This is the first article in the "Forgotten ...III-"Migrants Live Horror Story in Job Travel" - Dale Wright - New York Telegram and Sun
October 12, 1961
The third in a series of articles based on the six months that Dale Wright posed as a migrant worker on the Atlantic ...IV-"Migrant Labor Exploited by Delay Trick" - Dale Wright - New York Telegram and Sun
October 13, 1961
The fourth installment to the Dale Wright's series on the conditions of migrant workers continues with a look at how ...V-"Speed-Up Forces Migrants to Quit Job Before Payday" - Dale Wright - New York World Telegram and Sun
October 16, 1961
The fifth installment of 'The Forgotten People' series. Speed-ups and child labor were parts of daily life for the ...VI-"Migrant Workers Need U.S. Protection" - Dale Wright - New York World Telegram and Sun | Farm States Won't Help; Laborers are Gypped Everywhere They Go
October 17, 1961
The sixth installment to 'The Forgotten People' series. Dale Wright moves from Florida to South Carolina and goes ...VII-"Farm Camp Slum, Exposed 8 Years Ago, Is Still Hell" - Dale Wright - New York World Telegram and Sun
October 18, 1961
The seventh installment of 'The Forgotten People' series. Dale Wright moves undercover as a migrant worker to New ...VIII-"Migrant Accepts Gyp as Part of Life" | Lack of Schooling Makes Him Easy Mark of Cheat
October 19, 1961
The eighth installment in 'The Forgotten People' series. Dale Wright looks at the tricks some farm operators use to ...IX-"Migrants Exist in Duck Sheds" - Dale Wright - New York World Telegram and Sun
October 20, 1961
The ninth and second to last article in Wright's series on migrant workers focuses on New York State.X-"State Could Remedy Conditions for Migrant Labor" - Dale Wright - New York World Telegram and Sun
October 23, 1961
The tenth and final article in 'The Forgotten People' series, based on Dale Wright's undercover reporting as a ...I-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | 'Don't Let 'Em See You're Afraid,' Writer Told by School Official
November 13, 1958
The first article in George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series, where the New York World-Telegram and Sun's ...II-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Reporter Passes First Test: Challenge by Class Tough
November 14, 1958
George Allen's second article in his "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun. He worked ...III-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | College Courses Not Much Help in Difficult Classes
November 15, 1958
The third installment of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for the York World-Telegram and Sun. The ...IV-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Getting School Job is Easy as ABC, Reporter Learns
November 17, 1958
In this fourth installment of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, he ...V-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | 'You'll Be Sorry' Plunges Newcomer Into Tough Job
November 18, 1958
In this fifth article of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for New York World-Telegram and Sun, he writes ...VI-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | 'Hey, Teach' is Signal for Classroom Bedlam
November 19, 1958
In this sixth article, part of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for New York World-Telegram and Sun, he ...VII-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | 9th Grader's Plea: 'Teach Me to Read'
November 20, 1958
In the seventh article of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for New York World-Telegram and Sun, he writes ...VIII-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Slow Pupils Cheated by Our Schools
November 21, 1958
In the eighth installment of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for New York World-Telegram and Sun, he ...IX-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Lessons Get Lost in Paper Work
November 22, 1958
In the ninth article, part of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, he ...XI-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | False Theory Makes Instructor Live a Lie
November 25, 1958
In the eleventh article of his "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, reporter George ...X-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen- New York World Telegram and Sun | MISSING ARTICLE
November 24, 1958
MISSING, re-request. In the tenth installment ...XII-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Pupils Wage War of Nerves
November 26, 1958
In this twelfth installment of his "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, reporter ...XIII-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Salary Leaves Little Room For Any Professional Pride
November 28, 1958
In the thirteenth installment of George Allen's "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, ...XV-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | Pupils Would Profit By Isolating 'Toughs'
December 1, 1958
In the fifteenth and final article of his "Undercover Teacher" series for the New York World-Telegram and Sun, ...XIV-"Undercover Teacher" - George N. Allen - New York World Telegram and Sun | MISSING ARTICLE
November 29, 1958
In the fourteenth installment ofIX-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | Lack of Inspection Brings Squalor
July 1, 1959
In this seventh installment of the "I Lived in a Slum" series, NY World Telegram and Sun staff writer Woody Klein ...X-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | City Aids Admit Blight Is Gaining
July 2, 1959
In this eighth and final installment of the NY World-Telegram and Sun's "I Lived in a Slum" series, Woody Klein ...I-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | Sickening Story Unfolds in City's Blighted Areas
June 22, 1959
This introductory article reports of the specifics of Woody Klein's one month stay in the city's worst slums - how ...VI-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | Bugs Reign in Squalor
June 27, 1959
In this fourth installment of the "I Lived in a Slum" series, New York World-Telegram and Sun reporter Woody Klein ...III--"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | Tenants Battle to Survive in Lower East Side's 'Korea'
June 25, 1959
In this second installment of the "I Lived in a Slum" series, Woody Klein writes about his experience living in a ...IV-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | 'We Ain't Alive, Just Hangin' On'
June 26, 1959
In this third installment of the "I Lived in a Slum" series, staff writer Woody Klein reports on his experience ...VII-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | At the End of the Road - Welfare
June 29, 1959
In the fifth installment of the "I Lived in a Slum" series, Woody Klein writes about his experience trying to ...VIII-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | Tenant Rights Lost in Ignorance
June 30, 1959
In the sixth installment of the "I Lived in a Slum" series, Woody Klein reports that despite living in terrible ...II-"I Lived in a Slum" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram and Sun | 'At Home' in a Filthy Cage; Family Is Trapped in West Side's Jungle
June 23, 1959
In the first installment to the "I Lived in a Slum" series, Woody Klein reports on his experience living in a leaky ...XI- "Boy on the Brink" - Woody Klein - New York World Telegram & Sun | Miguel is Trapped in Slum Jungle
July 6, 1959
Woody Klein profiles a 19-year-old boy named Miguel who he met during his month spent living in the city's worst slums.Editorial: "I Lived in the Slums" - Unsigned - World Telegram & Sun | Frankly, We're Shocked Too!
June 24, 1959
The New York World-Telegram and Sun's editorial board reacts to staff writer Woody Klein's series "I Lived in a ...Reaction: "Slum Expose Loudly Praised; Aid Offered, Action Demanded" - Unsigned - World Telegram & Sun
July 1, 1959
A review of reader responses to Woody Klein's "I lived in a slum" series for the New York World Telegram and Sun.Woody Klein's "Let in the Sun"
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