Bernard Carabello Interview
As institutions became more widespread, more parents sent their children with intellectual and developmental disabilities away, hoping they would be rehabilitated and come home.
racist segregation
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.
Palante, cover
Palante was a self-published newspaper in which the various branches of the Young Lords Party highlighted important issues in their communities.
Iris Morales Leads Political Education Class
Born in 1948, Iris Morales was the child of Puerto Rican migrants to New York.
Denise Oliver
Denise Oliver, born in Brooklyn in 1947, grew up in Queens.
District 21 Population Maps
This map illustrates the boundaries of Community District 21, which includes the Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn, among others.
Bayard Rustin Oral History, excerpt
Bayard Rustin was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 12, 1912.
“600” Schools, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, excerpts
Organizing in the early 1960s by the Citywide Committee on Integration and by Reverend Milton Galamison had increased public attention to the “600” schools.
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.
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, excerpt
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and national origin.
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.
The School Boycott Concept
In this op-ed, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
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.