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#23 Whose America?, pt. 2: Inner City Blues

The Martyr Made Podcast

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The Politics of Integration in New York Public Schools

Between 1956 and 1963, the number of black students grew by 53% in New York City public schools. "No government program could overcome the demographic reality," he says. The state education commissioner announced that any racial imbalance existing in a school must be eliminated.

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