The Martyr Made Podcast #23 Whose America?, pt. 2: Inner City Blues
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America's Experiment
- The US can be seen as an experiment testing Lee Kwan Yew's theory about multiracial societies.
- Since the 1960s, increasing political polarization supports Lee's authoritarian views.
NYC's Shifting Demographics
- New York City's history reflects America's constant demographic shifts and the resulting conflicts.
- Each wave of immigrants changed the city, leading to power struggles until a new equilibrium emerged.
Northern Urban Politics
- The 1960s urban upheavals were not simply black vs. white, but involved complex ethnic tensions.
- Black migrants entered cities defined by ethnic politics, not a unified white identity.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Future of Democracy in Singapore
02:50 • 3min
The Importance of Diversity in American Politics
05:53 • 3min
The Battle Between Conservative and Liberal Politics
09:05 • 3min
The History of New York City Politics
12:34 • 3min
Martin Luther King Jr.'s First Foray Into the Northern Cities in 1966
15:16 • 3min
The Immigrant Experience
18:28 • 3min
The Consequences of the Black Jewish Alliance
21:20 • 4min
The Return of Danieli Bolelli
24:54 • 4min
The Importance of Learning How to Make Good Boots
29:03 • 4min
Who's America Part 2 Inner City Blues
32:53 • 2min
Angel Levine
35:16 • 6min
The Tenants by Angel Levine
41:12 • 3min
The Relationship Between Black and Jewish Americans
43:54 • 4min
The Black Lives in the South and West
48:00 • 2min
The Importance of Community in the Great Migration
50:17 • 3min
The Origins of Anti-Semitism
53:31 • 6min
The Antipathy of a Black Intellectual
59:19 • 5min
The Negro Problem and Ours
01:04:28 • 2min
Podhorets' Essay on Black Violence
01:06:53 • 3min
The Importance of Being a Good Student
01:10:13 • 3min
The Marauding Gang
01:12:44 • 6min
Pot Horitz's Essay on the American Negro
01:18:24 • 4min
The Importance of Hating the Displacers
01:22:24 • 4min
The Effects of Schoolyard Bullying on Pot
01:26:52 • 5min
The Importance of Population Density
01:32:14 • 3min
The Importance of Ethnic Politics in New York City
01:35:06 • 3min
The Golden Age of the Civil Rights Movement
01:37:50 • 4min
The Sympathy of the College Kids for the People They Were Helping
01:42:14 • 2min
The Importance of Reconciliation in the Civil Rights Movement
01:43:55 • 6min
The Effects of Striking Change on the Black Population
01:50:03 • 3min
The Effects of Dramatic Change on the Population
01:53:25 • 3min
The Importance of Weakness
01:56:15 • 3min
The Power of Violence in the Wake of the Watts Uprising
01:59:40 • 3min
The Power of Resistance in the 1960s
02:02:46 • 3min
The Rise of the Black Student Radicals
02:05:59 • 3min
The Negro and the Black Revolutionary Movement
02:09:13 • 6min
The Black Panthers and the Manhattan Penthouse
02:15:10 • 2min
The Differences Between the Weathermen and the Black Militants
02:16:46 • 4min
The Civil War in the Second Half of the 60s
02:21:11 • 3min
The Rise and Fall of the Black Liberation Struggle
02:24:05 • 3min
The Politics of Consensus
02:27:12 • 4min
The Power of the Poor
02:31:12 • 2min
Mao Mowing, the Flat Catchers
02:33:39 • 3min
The Rise and Fall of the Urban Negro
02:36:39 • 5min
The Rise and Fall of the Community Organizer
02:41:45 • 3min
The Rise and Fall of Urban Poverty
02:44:41 • 6min
The Newark Negros: A Volatile Condition
02:50:27 • 3min
The War on Poverty in Newark
02:53:35 • 3min
The War on Poverty in Newark
02:56:28 • 2min
The Black Community of Newark
02:58:58 • 4min
The Black Panther Is Coming
03:03:02 • 5min
The Black Revolution in Newark
03:08:18 • 3min
The Protests in Newark, NJ
03:10:51 • 5min
The Newark Ghetto's Carnival of Piracy
03:16:21 • 6min
Newark Police Officer Killed by Sniper Fire
03:22:00 • 3min
The Remains of the Newark Riots
03:25:09 • 3min
The 67 Newark Riot
03:28:02 • 5min
The Swede's Life in Newark
03:32:59 • 5min
The Newark Riot
03:37:56 • 3min
The Negative Connotations of White Flight
03:40:59 • 3min
The Devastation of East New York
03:44:23 • 2min
The Jews and Italians of East New York
03:46:40 • 4min
The White Pickett's Protest Integration in Brooklyn
03:50:51 • 2min
The Recession of the Bronx
03:53:07 • 3min
The Fear of the City
03:56:06 • 6min
The Rise and Fall of the Irish in New York City
04:01:46 • 3min
The Fear of the South Bronx
04:04:36 • 4min
The Importance of Class in the Post-67 Riots
04:08:21 • 6min
The Importance of Catholic Communities in the Great Depression
04:14:10 • 5min
The Rise of Urban Violence
04:18:56 • 3min
McGeorge Bundy and the Ford Foundation
04:22:07 • 4min
The Importance of Blacks in the School System
04:25:53 • 2min
The Politics of Integration in New York Public Schools
04:28:23 • 3min
The Importance of Integrity in New York City
04:31:20 • 3min
The Bundy Panel's Report on the Schools for Marilynse
04:34:31 • 3min
The Problem With the New York City Public School System
04:37:58 • 6min
The Golden Age of the New York City Public School System
04:43:47 • 6min
The Rise of the People's Board of Education
04:49:41 • 3min
The Intimidation of School Personnel
04:52:36 • 4min
The Need to Avenge Malcolm X's Death
04:56:37 • 2min
The Uproar Over Decentralization
04:58:19 • 6min
The Dismissal of IS201's Principal
05:04:07 • 2min
The Rise and Fall of the UFT in the United States
05:06:28 • 4min
The Stranglehold on Black Education
05:10:00 • 3min
The ATA and the Black Value System
05:13:10 • 3min
McCoy's Fire of 19 UFT Teachers
05:16:19 • 3min
McCorray and the Teachers Union: A Strategic Mistake
05:19:11 • 4min
The Battle Over the Schools
05:23:16 • 5min
Mayor John Lindsay's View of Union Leaders in Canato
05:27:59 • 3min
The Trouble With John Lindsay
05:30:34 • 3min
The Battle of Ocean Hill Brownsville
05:33:13 • 3min
The UFT's Strike in the Ghetto
05:36:00 • 6min
The End of Anti-Semitism in the United States
05:41:50 • 3min
Anti-Semitism: A Tribute to Albert Shankar
05:44:44 • 3min
The Holocaust and the New York Times
05:47:28 • 4min
The Devastation of Ghetto Schools
05:51:11 • 5min
The Teacher's Strikes at Lane High School
05:56:14 • 3min
Siracusa's Story
05:58:51 • 6min
The White Motherfucker's Story
06:04:31 • 5min
The End of the Ghetto Movement
06:09:33 • 6min
The Direction of the United States
06:15:29 • 4min
The Great Migration of 1915-1960 saw over six million African Americans move from the rural South to the big cities of the North and West. It was one of the largest mass migrations in human history, and one whose consequences defined American domestic politics throughout the 20th century. But it wasn’t the first time the industrial cities of America had experienced massive demographic transformation, and the black migrants would run smack into the immigrants of previous generations. In the 1960s, frustration and anger turned to conflict, as race riots drove what was left of the white ethnics out of the inner cities. Today we tell the story of the battle for control of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district in New York City – a topic which might sound a bit dull, but was one of the most intense periods of racial conflict in recent American history. The conflict captured the attention of the country for months, and led to a split in the alliance between American blacks and American Jews that had powered the civil rights movement until the late 1960s.
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