Why they couldn't wait : a critique of the Black-Jewish conflict over community control in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, 1967-1971 /
Examining the infamous conflict between a predominantly black community and a predominantly Jewish teachers' union, Gordon takes a new look at this historically rich and racially diverse community
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New York :
RoutledgeFalmer,
2001
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Need for Public Education in a Democratic Society
- Who Should Run the Schools?: Decentralization and Community Control
- Black Power: Failures of Integration and the Mobilization of a Community
- White Power: The Construction of Jews as the Voice of Reason
- When Some Workers Don't Look Toward the Left: The Battle with the United Federation of Teachers
- Conclusion: A Question of Whose Children Benefit from Whose Labor