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New York City teachers' strike of 1968

Index New York City teachers' strike of 1968

The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill–Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and New York City’s United Federation of Teachers. [1]

25 relations: African American–Jewish relations, Albert Shanker, Alicka Ampry-Samuel, Andrew Jackson High School (Queens), Annie B. Martin, Brownsville, Brooklyn, Civil rights movement, Crown Heights riot, Ford Foundation, Harold M. Jacobs, History of New York City (1946–77), John Lindsay, Latrice Walker, List of New York City Housing Authority properties, List of strikes, Lloyd K. Garrison, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, Republic of New Afrika, Richard Kahlenberg, The East (Brooklyn), The Strike That Changed New York, Theodore W. Kheel, Timeline of labor issues and events, Timeline of New York City, United Federation of Teachers.

African American–Jewish relations

African Americans and Jewish Americans have interacted throughout much of the history of the United States.

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Albert Shanker

Albert Shanker (September 14, 1928 – February 22, 1997) was president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1985 and president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from 1974 to 1997.

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Alicka Ampry-Samuel

Alicka Ampry-Samuel is the Council member for the 41st District of the New York City Council.

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Andrew Jackson High School (Queens)

Andrew Jackson High School is a defunct comprehensive high school in the Cambria Heights section in southeastern Queens, New York.

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Annie B. Martin

Annie B. Martin (December 20, 1920 – June 12, 2012) was an American pioneer of the labor and civil rights movements.

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Brownsville, Brooklyn

Brownsville is a residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn in New York City.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.

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Crown Heights riot

The Crown Heights riot was a three-day racial riot that occurred from August 19 to August 21, 1991 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City.

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Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is a New York-headquartered, globally oriented private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare.

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Harold M. Jacobs

Harold M. Jacobs (1912–1995) was a Jewish and civic leader who headed a number of American Jewish organizations and institutions, and also played a significant role in New York City educational affairs.

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History of New York City (1946–77)

Immediately after World War II, New York City became known as one of the world's greatest cities.

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John Lindsay

John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician, lawyer, and broadcaster.

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Latrice Walker

Latrice Monique Walker is the Assembly member for the 55th District of the New York State Assembly.

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List of New York City Housing Authority properties

Vanderveer Estates Apartments nka Flatbush Gardens, Tiffany Towers nka Tivoli Towers, Ebbets Field Apartments and Towers of Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, all four includes rent, gas & electric (AC including) in the lease, so it's not projects or developments owned by NYCHA, even though all four take Section 8.

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List of strikes

The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work in an attempt to change their conditions in a particular industry or individual workplace, or in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign on a broader national or international level).

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Lloyd K. Garrison

Lloyd Kirkham Garrison (November 19, 1897 – October 2, 1991) was an American lawyer.

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Ocean Hill, Brooklyn

Ocean Hill is a subsection of Bedford-Stuyvesant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Republic of New Afrika

The Republic of New Afrika (RNA) was founded in 1968 and is a Black separatist idea popularized within Black nationalist and Black supremacist groups in the United States.

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Richard Kahlenberg

Richard D. Kahlenberg (born June 8, 1963) is an American writer who is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and has written about a variety of education issues.

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The East (Brooklyn)

The East was a community education and arts organization in Brooklyn, New York focused on black nationalism founded in 1969.

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The Strike That Changed New York

The Strike That Changed New York is a history book about the New York City teachers' strike of 1968 written by Jerald Podair and published by the Yale University Press in 2004.

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Theodore W. Kheel

Theodore Woodrow Kheel (May 9, 1914 – November 12, 2010) was an American attorney and labor mediator who played a key role in reaching resolutions of long-simmering labor disputes between managements and unions and resulting strikes in New York City and elsewhere in the United States, including the 114-day-long 1962-63 New York City newspaper strike that crippled the city's traditional media.

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Timeline of labor issues and events

Timeline of organized labor history.

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Timeline of New York City

This article is a timeline of the history of New York City in the state of New York, US.

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United Federation of Teachers

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most teachers in New York City public schools.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_teachers'_strike_of_1968

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