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White Parents' Integration Letters
- In 1963, white parents in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn wrote letters demanding an integrated school for their children.
- They successfully lobbied to build the school on the "fringe" closer to the white neighborhood for integration.
De Facto Segregation in NYC Schools
- New York public schools were effectively segregated with vastly inferior conditions in black and Puerto Rican schools.
- The Board of Education promoted integration publicly but ran a dual, unequal school system.
Freedom Day School Boycott 1964
- On February 3, 1964, black and Puerto Rican parents organized Freedom Day, a massive school boycott.
- Half a million students stayed home, demanding real integration and better school conditions.