Pt. 2: Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back

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Pt. 2: Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back

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This is Part II of the story about the 1968 teachers’ strike that happened in New York city after Black and Puerto Rican parents demanded more say over their kids’ education. We’ll tell you why some people who lived through it remember it as a strike over antisemitism.