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The New York City school boycott, also referred to as Freedom Day, was a large-scale boycott and protest against segregation in the New York City public school system which took place on February 3, 1964.
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. It began with a one day walkout in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.
Milton Arthur Galamison (March 25, 1923 – March 9, 1988) was a Presbyterian minister who served in Brooklyn, New York. [1] As a community activist, he championed integration and education reform in the New York City public school system, and organized two school boycotts. [2]
Subsequently, on February 3, 1964 in a similar Freedom day protest, over 450,000 students participated in a boycott of the New York City public schools in what was the largest civil rights demonstration of the 1960s, [7] and up to 100,000 students attended alternative Freedom Schools. [8]
CUNY schools were beset by anti-Israel campus violence last spring — including the occupation of the CUNY Graduate Center’s library and a series of unruly protests at City College of New York ...
Each New York school district has various policies regarding smartphone use by students, Hochul said Thursday during an appearance on MSNBC. But she asserted "a majority are allowing it" in the ...
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February 3: Nearly half a million public school students participate in the New York City school boycott of classes in protest against segregation patterns. [166] [167] February 7–22: The Beatles make their first visit to the U.S. and are showcased three times on The Ed Sullivan Show. The February 9 telecast is seen by over 73 million viewers ...