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

The Martyr Made Podcast

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The Battle Over the Schools

In 1968, teachers were fired from Ocean Hill Brownsville school in Brooklyn. A judge ruled that the firing was illegal and violated their contract with the city. Rody McCoy said he would use whatever means to keep those teachers away from his school. Canato writes: "This was the first time that black militants ran into a group of card-carrying liberals who were able to stand their ground"

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