Floyd Covington as a young man, age 17, wearing a suit, a plaid necktie and straw boater, standing on a street in South Central Los Angeles. A billboard advertising the April 29 and 30 showing of the movie "Humdrum Brown" staring Henry B. Walthall, playing at the Rosebud Theatre on 1940 South Central Avenue, is visible on a vacant lot across the street on the right. Floyd Covington was a leader of the Los Angeles black community for five decades. He earned a BA in sociology from Washburn College (1923), and an MA in sociology and economics from the University of Pittsburgh (1928). He moved to Los Angeles and held the position of industrial secretary of the Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League, became the executive director in 1931 and stayed with the Urban League until 1950. He was a racial relations advisor with the Federal Housing Administration. He worked for the FHA from 1950 to 1975.
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African American civic leaders African American civil rights workers Covington, Floyd C., 1901-1989
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