Organizing: “[A] question of survival”

Abstract

Newly radicalized by his personal experiences with U.S. race politics, Frank begins to merge his documentary photography with community activism. He becomes more active politically, spearheading a variety of important community action projects, including welfare reform, where he serves as an early vanguard. He eventually holds respected positions within the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and is responsible for inaugurating several vital organizing projects for the Puerto Rican community from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. In 1979, he is awarded a federal grant to pursue his most important work, for which he is most recognized today: The Puerto Rican Diaspora Project, a photographic documentary survey of the Puerto Rican migration in the United States.