Change the Status Crow
After the massive turnout for the February 3, 1964 boycott, there was little response from the Board of Education.
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Puerto Rican Civil Rights March on Film
Concern about school segregation was not only expressed during the school boycott.
J.H.S. 103, P.S. 194, and City Hall
During the February 3, 1964 boycott, there was a rally at City Hall.
The Will and the Way of the Boycotters
On February 3, 1964, an estimated 464,400 students - almost half the city’s enrollment - boycotted New York City’s segregated school system.
Freedom Day March on Film
On the day of the February 3 boycott, some participants gathered at the headquarters of the New York City Board of Education at 110 Livingston Street in Brooklyn, where they marched and picketed.
School Boycott!
The Citywide Committee for Integrated Schools included several New York City civil rights organizations.
Why the School Boycott?
The flier designed by two Queens civil rights organizing groups - the Congress of Racial Equality and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - calls for a boycott to protest segregation in New York City’s public schools.
Life Magazine Cover
The 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom was an amazing organizing success.
A. Philip Randolph Letter to President John F. Kennedy
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom sought to push for change in several ways.
Check Your School!
Ella Baker was an influential organizer in New York City struggles against segregated schools, police brutality, voting restrictions, and more.
NAACP Youth Council News Bulletin, excerpts
The document above comes from a publication printed by the NAACP’s New York City Youth Council called The Challenge.
Jim Crow School Kids as Mentally Unfit
By the 1940s, New York City schools frequently used intelligence tests to decide which kind of schooling a child needed.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Rally Posters
Asa Phillip Randolph was born in Crescent City, Florida in 1889.