The Disability Independence Day March
After Camp Jened closed in 1977, many former campers stayed connected to one another.
photography, imagery, and visual representation
Audre Lorde
By the 1980s, Audre Lorde was working full-time as a writer.
Double Dutch, sculpture by John Ahearn, Intervale Ave. and Kelly St.
In the 1970s and 1980s in New York City, many Black and Latinx neighborhoods were impoverished and their residents were struggling.
Willie Mae Goodman and Marguerite Goodman
Mrs. Willie Mae Goodman heard many people speak of her daughter’s death.
Goldie Chu
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S.O. F.E.D. U.P. Handbook for the Disabled Students of Brooklyn College, CUNY, excerpt
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw campus activism around the United States, for social change and against the Vietnam War.
Denise Oliver
Denise Oliver, born in Brooklyn in 1947, grew up in Queens.
Program for Malcolm X Memorial Service, cover
In the East Harlem community control district, teachers emphasized subjects that connected to their students’ African heritage.
Viva Harlem U!
Although City College, where Audre Lorde taught, was in the predominantly Black and Latinx community of Harlem, there were very few Black or Latinx students who attended.
Community Control March
During the 1968 teacher strike, community control advocates continued to participate in leading local school districts and arguing for self-determination in education.
Parents Speaking on Ocean Hill-Brownsville
This video captures New York City parents speaking of their desires for community control of their children’s schools.
City Hall; Teachers Demonstration
Ocean Hill-Brownsville, a Black and Puerto Rican community in Brooklyn, was one of the three community control demonstration districts in New York City.
Operation Shut Down Flier
Civil rights organizers in Lowndes County, Mississippi, chose the image of a black panther as their symbol.
The 1965 Boycott on Film
The 1965 boycott targeted segregation in New York City’s junior high schools and “600” schools.
90% Boycott Hits Problem School
In the fall of 1964, months after the massive February 1964 boycott, Reverend Milton Galamison and the Citywide Committee on Integration launched another boycott.
Parents and Taxpayers Protest and Counter-Protest on Film
In the summer of 1964, the New York City Board of Education issued a very modest plan for desegregation.
Parents and Taxpayers March to City Hall on Film
On March 12, 1964 - between the first 1964 pro-integration boycott and the second - a group of white parents calling themselves “Parents and Taxpayers” led a march from the Board of Education building in Brooklyn to City Hall in Manhattan.
Change the Status Crow
After the massive turnout for the February 3, 1964 boycott, there was little response from the Board of Education.
Puerto Rican Civil Rights March on Film
Concern about school segregation was not only expressed during the school boycott.
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.