School Colors Episode 3: "The Battle of Forest Hills"

S2 E3: The Battle of Forest Hills: In the early 1970s, Forest Hills, Queens, became a national symbol of white, middle class resistance to integration. Instead of public schools, this fight was over public housing. It was a fight that got so intense the press called it "The Battle of Forest Hills." How did a famously liberal neighborhood become a hotbed of reaction and backlash? And how did a small group of angry homeowners change housing policy for the entire country? by School Colors

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Episode 2: Power to the People: In the late 1960s, the Central Brooklyn neighborhood of Ocean Hill-Brownsville was at the center of a bold experiment in community control of public schools. But as Black and Puerto Rican parents in Ocean Hill-Brownsville tried to exercise power over their schools, they collided headfirst with the teachers’ union — leading to the longest teachers’ strike in American history, 51 years ago this fall. What started as a local pilot project turned into one of the most divisive racial confrontations ever witnessed in New York City. Ocean Hill-Brownsville made the national news for months, shattered political coalitions and created new ones, and fundamentally shaped the city we live in today. by School Colors

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Rebecca L. Davis, "Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics" (UNC Press, 2021): An interview with Rebecca L. Davis by New Books in Religion

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Ep. 36 The life of Louis Brandeis w/ Jeffrey Rosen: During the summer of 1919, U.S. Supreme Court Jus… by So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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Patrick Bowen, “A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Vol 1: White American Muslims before 1975” (Brill, 2015): In the current political moment there is widespread anti-Muslim rhetoric and it would be easy to conclude that a large portion of white Americans see Islam at odds with American values. But a longer view of history reveals a long-standing appreciation ... by New Books in Islamic Studies

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Patrick Bowen, “A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Vol 1: White American Muslims before 1975” (Brill, 2015): In the current political moment there is widespread anti-Muslim rhetoric and it would be easy to conclude that a large portion of white Americans see Islam at odds with American values. But a longer view of history reveals a long-standing appreciation ... by New Books in Religion

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212a -Donald Collins-The President Who Wouldn't: CWTR Ep. 212a - Part 1 - In 1865, Jefferson Davis was the leader of a failed experiment in creating a new nation, hated by his enemies and despised by his own people for losing the war. By the first decade of the 20th century, Davis had joined the beloved Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as the third member of the Confederate pantheon. Donald E. Collins, author of The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis describes how this transformation took place. by Civil War Talk Radio

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Sir Ken Robinson: The True Story of an Education Revolutionary by Good Life Project

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Jefferson Cowie, "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" (Basic Books, 2022): An interview with Jefferson Cowie by New Books in Public Policy

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Jefferson Cowie, "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" (Basic Books, 2022): An interview with Jefferson Cowie by New Books in Law

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Jefferson Cowie, "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" (Basic Books, 2022): An interview with Jefferson Cowie by New Books in Political Science

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Fifteen Blocks of Rage (episode 140): For decades, a 1967 riot that rocked Roxbury’s Grove Hall neighborhood was generally referred to in the mainstream media as a "race riot" or as "the welfare riot," while a handful of articles and books by Black authors called it "the police riot." A ... by HUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History

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The Contested Future of a Demolished Neighborhood by City Cast Denver

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Over My Dead Body: A Lively Tour of Famous American Cemeteries: Join us to explore the history of how, where and why we bury our dead. by Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

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Episode 6: The Lesson: The centennial of the massacre attracted international coverage; camera crews, T-shirt vendors, and even a visit from President Joe Biden. It seemed as though all this attention might ensure that history finally, would never be forgotten. But a month lat by Blindspot

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212c -Donald Collins-The President Who Wouldn't: CWTR Ep. 212c - Part 3 - In 1865, Jefferson Davis was the leader of a failed experiment in creating a new nation, hated by his enemies and despised by his own people for losing the war. By the first decade of the 20th century, Davis had joined the beloved Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as the third member of the Confederate pantheon. Donald E. Collins, author of The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis describes how this transformation took place. by Civil War Talk Radio

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212b -Donald Collins-The President Who Wouldn't: CWTR Ep. 212b - Part 2 - In 1865, Jefferson Davis was the leader of a failed experiment in creating a new nation, hated by his enemies and despised by his own people for losing the war. By the first decade of the 20th century, Davis had joined the beloved Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson as the third member of the Confederate pantheon. Donald E. Collins, author of The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis describes how this transformation took place. by Civil War Talk Radio

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Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials? by Ridiculous History

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Jason Stacy, "Spoon River America: Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town" (U Illinois Press, 2021): An interview with Jason Stacy by New Books in Literary Studies

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Karlos K. Hill, "The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History" (U Oklahoma Press, 2021): An interview with Karlos K. Hill by New Books in Photography

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Emily Alice Katz, “Bringing Zion Home: Israel in American Jewish Culture, 1948-1967” (SUNY Press, 2015): World War Two and the establishment of the State of Israel significantly altered American Jewish attitudes toward Zionism. American Jews supported Israel during times of conflict, like the 1948 war. However, by New Books in Religion

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Emily Alice Katz, “Bringing Zion Home: Israel in American Jewish Culture, 1948-1967” (SUNY Press, 2015): World War Two and the establishment of the State of Israel significantly altered American Jewish attitudes toward Zionism. American Jews supported Israel during times of conflict, like the 1948 war. However, by New Books in Jewish Studies

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Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, "Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America" (W. W. Norton, 2019): Seeking their fortunes in the North, Grace and Katharine Lumpkin reinvented themselves as radical thinkers whose literary works and organizing efforts brought the nation’s attention to issues of region, race, and labor. by New Books in Literary Studies

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Lana Dee Povitz, "Stirrings: How Activist New Yorkers Ignited a Movement for Food Justice" (UNC Press, 2019): Povitz demonstrates how grassroots activism continued to thrive, even as it was transformed by unrelenting erosion of the country's already fragile social safety net... by New Books in Public Policy

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School Colors Episode 3: "The Battle of Forest Hills"

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