New York Hotline: Special Ed #304, excerpt 2
Disabled students have always attended New York City schools, whether they were identified as disabled or not.
childhood
Mark Twain on the 51st State, excerpt 2
In this segment of a 1974 news program, journalist Richard Kotuk introduces Mark Twain Junior High School.
I.S. 55 Graduation Speech
Please note: This is work in progress. Please keep that in mind as you read.
Mae Mallory and her daughter Patricia
During the “Harlem Nine”’s struggle to integrate schools in New York City, multiple newspapers, including The New York Times and Amsterdam News, published photographs of Mae Mallory with her daughter Patricia.
The Brownies’ Book, April 1920, letters from readers
The Brownies’ Book included different kinds of writing, visual art, and photography by adults.
The Brownies’ Book, February 1920, cover
The NAACP and W.E.B. Du Bois created The Brownies’ Book to speak directly to Black children about the world and their lives.
The Brownies’ Book, January 1920, excerpts
Here are a few pages from the first issue of the magazine.
A Day’s Work in a New York Public School, excerpt
Many photos of New York City schools in the early 20th century show so many students that it is hard to see them as individual people.
First Patriotic Election in the Beach Street Industrial School
Many New Yorkers lived in poverty in the 1890s, and depended on their children to work to help support the family.
Grammar School No. 33, New York City, Assembled for Morning Exercises
New York City’s rapid growth in the 1880s and 1890s meant a dramatically increasing number of children in the city, and in schools.