Newark Teacher Strikes : Hopes on the Line.
For three weeks in 1970 and for eleven weeks in 1971, the schools in Newark, New Jersey, were paralyzed as the teachers went on strike. As a result of the strikes, almost two hundred were arrested and jailed. The Newark Teachers Union said their members wanted improved education for their students....
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Rutgers University Press,
2002
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Teacher Activists; Chapter 2: After the Riot / Rebellion; Chapter 3: The 1970 Strike; Chapter 4: Black Power Between the Strikes; Chapter 5: The 1971 Strike; Chapter 6: Teachers in Jail; Epilogue: Power to the People?; Appendix: Teachers in the Book; Notes; Index; About the Author.
