Interview with Jitu Weusi on Mayoral Control of New York City Schools (excerpt)
Jitu Weusi, born and raised in Brooklyn and originally named Leslie Campbell, was an educator and educational activist.
teacher activism
La Escuela Bilingüe Número 25 del Distrito Escolar 7
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Community Control March
During the 1968 teacher strike, community control advocates continued to participate in leading local school districts and arguing for self-determination in education.
City Hall; Teachers Demonstration
Ocean Hill-Brownsville, a Black and Puerto Rican community in Brooklyn, was one of the three community control demonstration districts in New York City.
Reflections - August, 1967, excerpt
Located near the town of Hunter, New York, in the Catskill Mountains (a few hours from New York City), Camp Jened was unusual at the time for its focus on Disabled campers.
Baseball
The grounds of Camp Jened included a river, a lake with a dock for boating and places to row, swimming facilities, and a stream that was great for fishing.
J.H.S. 103, P.S. 194, and City Hall
During the February 3, 1964 boycott, there was a rally at City Hall.
Camp Scholarships Will Be Awarded to Handicapped Adults
Camp Jened was a private camp, and it charged campers’ families for attendance.
Memorandum to Counselors
For Camp Jened to be accessible to Disabled children and adults, staff and counselors had to work well with campers.
Camp Jened - Real Camping for the Handicapped, cover
Camp Jened was located in the northern Catskills, on over 250 acres (which is about ⅓ the size of Central Park, or as big as 250 football fields) with 22 buildings near the town of Hunter, New York.
Club Borinquen
Italian immigrant Leonard Covello was the principal of East Harlem’s Benjamin Franklin High School, an all-boys school.
Hotel Pennsylvania Meeting Learns of Harlem School Ills
On April 16, 1937, Lucile Spence and the Teachers Union of New York organized a conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania in downtown Manhattan to discuss schools in Harlem.
Mayor LaGuardia’s Commission on the Harlem Riot, excerpt
On March 19, 1935, rumors spread through Harlem that police had beaten a young man to death after they arrested him for allegedly stealing a knife from a local store.
Wadleigh’s School Zone
School zones establish where students go to school, often on the basis of where they live.