J.H.S. 103, P.S. 194, and City Hall
Date: Feb 8, 1964
Caption: Amsterdam News reporter Jimmy Brooks covered a rally at City Hall during the February 3, 1964 boycott, and smaller protests at schools around the city.
During the February 3, 1964 boycott, there was a rally at City Hall. Students, teachers, and parents who were participating in the boycott gathered together to send a message to the mayor that they wanted action on desegregation. Simultaneously, small and large gatherings took place at schools around the city. Jimmy Brooks, a reporter from one of New York’s Black newspapers, the Amsterdam News, interviewed many participants. Their comments help us hear why people chose to participate in the boycott.
Categories: parent activism, community activism, student activism, teacher activism, K-12 organizing
Tags: newspapers and the media, protest, racist segregation, organizing, multiracial organizing
This item is part of "The 1964 Boycotts" in "Boycotting New York’s Segregated Schools"
Item Details
Date: Feb 8, 1964
Creator: James Booker
Source: “New York Amsterdam News”
Copyright: Under copyright. Used with permission.
How to cite: “J.H.S. 103, P.S. 194, and City Hall,” James Booker, in New York City Civil Rights History Project, Accessed: [Month Day, Year], https://nyccivilrightshistory.org/gallery/jhs-103-ps-194-city-hall.
Questions to Consider
- Did the reporting of the Amsterdam News make the demonstration seem like a success or a failure? What evidence do you see in the source?
- Why did people in different positions - as teachers, as parents, as college students, some Black, some white - choose to participate in the boycott?
- Did those participating in the demonstration seem to be enjoying themselves? Explain your answer.
- Why do you think Gertrude Wilson and the Amsterdam News emphasized the racial and class diversity of those supporting the boycott? Why is this important?
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