Christopher Bonastia On February 3, 1964, in what arguably was the largest protest in civil rights history, nearly half a million students boycotted schools to protest segregation in the New York City school system. The book excerpt below tells the story of the unsuccessful political efforts that followed those protests. In the wake of the Board of Education’s repeated … [Read more...] about School Integration in New York City: Kenneth Clark and the Allen Report (Jan-Sept2022 P&R Issue)
Civil Rights History
“Land Values and the Enduring Significance of Racial Residential Segregation” by Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. (Jan-Apr 2021 P&R Issue)
By Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. (click here for the PDF) I. Introduction The life chances of many African Americans are tied to their experiences in underdeveloped central city neighborhoods. The implication of living in these Black spaces was suggested in a provocative question posed by the historian Carol Anderson in her book, Eyes on the Prize, which I paraphrase, “How could … [Read more...] about “Land Values and the Enduring Significance of Racial Residential Segregation” by Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. (Jan-Apr 2021 P&R Issue)
“On the Sesquicentennial of the Fourteenth Amendment” by Theodore Shaw (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)
By Theodore Shaw (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. As originally written by the Founding Fathers, the Constitution was deeply flawed by its compromises with slavery. From the day it was adopted, a cataclysmic struggle over the issue was … [Read more...] about “On the Sesquicentennial of the Fourteenth Amendment” by Theodore Shaw (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)
“Book Review- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein” by Brian Knudsen (April-June 2017 P&R Issue)
By Brian Knudsen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) April-June 2017 Issue of Poverty & Race When Frank Stevenson came to work in Richmond, California during World War II, he found that little appetite existed for residential racial integration. The white residents of rural Milpitas, California got wind in 1953 that the Ford Motor Company plant employing … [Read more...] about “Book Review- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein” by Brian Knudsen (April-June 2017 P&R Issue)
“Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi: Film Highlights Long Threads in Civil Rights History” by William Minter & Michael Honey (January-March 2017 P&R Issue)
By William Minter & Michael Honey (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Like the episode on Mississippi of the classic film series Eyes on the Prize, the Television Academy-Award-winning Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi skillfully weaves together interviews with civil rights activists, archival film footage, and original historical research to portray the key period … [Read more...] about “Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi: Film Highlights Long Threads in Civil Rights History” by William Minter & Michael Honey (January-March 2017 P&R Issue)
