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The Ocean-Hill Brownsville conflict : intellectual struggles between Blacks and Jews at mid-century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Glen Anthony, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]
Subjects:
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Relations with Jews.
New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jews > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District (New York, N.Y.)
African Americans > Education > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Jews > Education > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Public schools > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in education > New York (State) > New York.
Racism in education > New York (State) > New York.
Table of Contents:
  • In the first decades of the twentieth century
  • From Franz Boas to Richard Wright
  • The 1940s: impeded perceptions
  • Liberalism and identity in post-war America
  • The commentary factory
  • What once was old is now new
  • The radicalization of the civil rights movement
  • What liberal alliance? the Ocean Hill-Brownsville conflict
  • Conclusion: beyond Ocean Hill-Brownsville.