racial segregation

Statement by Martin H. Gerry, Director, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, excerpts

In 1977, the New York City Board of Education was the focus of the “largest civil rights investigation of a public educational institution ever undertaken.

Bayard Rustin Oral History, excerpt

Bayard Rustin was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 12, 1912.

Milton Galamison Oral History, excerpt

Reverend Milton Galamison was the pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and a key figure in the struggle to desegregate New York City’s schools.

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.

JHS 103, PS 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 City Wide Committee for Integrated Schools included several New York City civil rights organizations.

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.

White Queens Mothers Protest Desegregation

Five years after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the New York City Board of Education announced a plan to desegregate a few schools in Brooklyn and Queens.