Why They Couldn't Wait
A Critique of the Black-Jewish Conflict Over Community Control in Ocean-Hill Brownsville, 1967-1971
1st Edition
Published on 16. August 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-415-92910-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"WHY THEY COULDN'T WAIT sympathetically chronicles a complex chapter in the struggle for racial equality. It serves as an important corrective to the mostly hostile mainstream accounts, and usefully recalls that many (if still too few) Jews joined in solidarity with the beleaguered Oceanhill-Brownsville commuity." -- Norman G. Finkelstein, author of THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRYMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 farbige Abbildungen
4 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-92910-3 (9780415929103)
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Jane Anna Gordon
Why They Couldn't Wait
A Critique of the Black-Jewish Conflict Over Community Control in Ocean-Hill Brownsville, 1967-1971
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08/2001
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Routledge
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Jane Anna Gordon
Why They Couldn't Wait
A Critique of the Black-Jewish Conflict Over Community Control in Ocean-Hill Brownsville, 1967-1971
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08/2001
1st Edition
Routledge
€76.49
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Jane Anna Gordon
Why They Couldn't Wait
A Critique of the Black-Jewish Conflict Over Community Control in Ocean-Hill Brownsville, 1967-1971
E-Book
08/2001
1st Edition
Routledge
€76.49
Available for download
Person
Jane Anna Gordon is a William Penn doctoral fellow in Political Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. She formerly worked as a researcher at the Institute for Elementary and Secondary Education at Brown University. She is a licensed secondary school teacher.
Content
Contents Preface, with Acknowledgements Introduction: The Need for Public Education in a Democratic Society Chapter 1 Who Should Run the Schools?: Decentralization and Community Control Chapter 2 Black Power: Failures of Integration and the Mobilization of a Community Chapter 3 White Power: The Construction of Jews as the Voice of Reason Chapter 4 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 Endnotes