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Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn: Building a Multiracial Coalition in a Divisive Time

Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn: Building a Multiracial Coalition in a Divisive Time

Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn: Building a Multiracial Coalition in a Divisive Time

By Jason Sokol

Brooklyn, Politics, Race & Ethnicity, Gender & SexualityGuest UserSeptember 13, 2016Comment

"Outside Agitators": Conspiracy Theory and the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots of 1964

"Outside Agitators": Conspiracy Theory and the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots of 1964

"Outside Agitators": Conspiracy Theory and the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots of 1964

By Michael W. Flamm

Excerpts, Race & EthnicityGuest UserSeptember 6, 2016Comment

Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847

Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847

Police Brutality on the Streets of New York, 1847

By Sean Dwyer Griffin

Crime & Policing, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 30, 2016Comment

Roundtable Response: Brian Purnell

Roundtable Response: Brian Purnell

Roundtable Response: Brian Purnell

Brian Purnell

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 9, 2016Comment

Roundtable Response: Heather Lewis

Roundtable Response: Heather Lewis

Roundtable Response: Heather Lewis

By Heather Lewis

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 8, 2016Comment

From Culturally-Driven to Market-Driven Academic Success: Korean “Cram Schools” in the New York Metropolitan Area

From Culturally-Driven to Market-Driven Academic Success: Korean “Cram Schools” in the New York Metropolitan Area

By Jean Park

Race & Ethnicity, EducationGuest UserAugust 6, 2016Comment

Education Activism in Parochial Schools in Post-Civil Rights Era Brooklyn

Education Activism in Parochial Schools in Post-Civil Rights Era Brooklyn

Education Activism in Parochial Schools in Post-Civil Rights Era Brooklyn

By Dominique Jean-Louis

Education, Race & Ethnicity, ReligionGuest UserAugust 5, 2016Comment

Decentralization, Decolonization, and the Not So Local Dimensions of Local Control

Decentralization, Decolonization, and the Not So Local Dimensions of Local Control

Decentralization, Decolonization, and the Not So Local Dimensions of Local Control

By Lauren Lefty

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 4, 2016Comment

“A Series of Blunders and Broken Promises”: IS 201 as a Turning Point

“A Series of Blunders and Broken Promises”: IS 201 as a Turning Point

“A Series of Blunders and Broken Promises”: IS 201 as a Turning Point

By Michael R. Glass

Education, Race & EthnicityGuest UserAugust 1, 2016Comment

“Can’t They Be Separated?” Italian Immigrants and Irish Workers in Gilded Age New York

“Can’t They Be Separated?” Italian Immigrants and Irish Workers in Gilded Age New York

“Can’t They Be Separated?” Italian Immigrants and Irish Workers in Gilded Age New York

By Paul Moses

Gilded Age, Business & Labor, Race & EthnicityGuest UserJuly 6, 2016 Comment