{"product_id":"the-strike-that-changed-new-york-blacks-whites-and-the-ocean-hill-brownsville-crisis","title":"The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis","description":"On May 9, 1968, junior high school teacher Fred Nauman received a letter that would change the history of New York City. It informed him that he had been fired from his job. Eighteen other educators in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn received similar letters that day. The dismissed educators were white. The local school board that fired them was predominantly black. The crisis that the firings provoked became the most racially divisive moment in the city in more than a century, sparking three teachers' strikes and increasingly angry confrontations between black and white New Yorkers at bargaining tables, on picket lines, and in the streets.\nThis superb book revisits the Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis -- a watershed in New York City race relations. Jerald E. Podair connects the conflict with the sociocultural history of the city and explores its legacy. The book is a powerful, sobering tale of racial misunderstanding and fear, a New York story with national implications.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0300081227\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0300081227.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Podair, Jerald E.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42742979002429,"sku":"BVV.0300081227.G","price":195.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0300081227-0.jpg?v=1763846012","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-strike-that-changed-new-york-blacks-whites-and-the-ocean-hill-brownsville-crisis","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}