02-05 An Educator’s Commitment: Harlem, Black Parents, and Teacher Unionism, 1930-2012
Wednesday, February 5, 4-6pm
306 Russell Hall, Teachers College
Reception to follow
Please RSVP to histanded@tc.edu
RSVP requested, but not required!
Part of the scholarly conference series Educating Harlem: Histories of Learning and Schooling in an American Community
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Public Lecture given by Jonna Perrillo, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso and Author of Uncivil Rights: Teachers, Unions, and Race in the Battle for School Equity. The book deals with a wealth of research showing that minority students continue to receive an unequal education and talks about the complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and civil rights activists.
