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    The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean...
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    The city of New York includes a sizeable Dominican population. Dominicans are one of the largest Latino groups in New York City followed by Puerto Ricans...
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  • Building constructed. Columbia University protests of 1968. New York City teachers' strike of 1968. Singer Building demolished. Tallest structure ever destroyed...
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    presences in New York City, home to the largest urban African American population, and the world's largest Black population of any city outside Africa...
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    a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, at the northern tip of Manhattan Island, in the U.S. state of New York. It is bounded by the...
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  • called a strike action in New York City after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against...
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  • The Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 was a strike action in the US state of Florida in February and March 1968 by teachers and other education...
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    a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the...
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  • transit strike was the first of many labor struggles. In 1968 the teachers' union (the United Federation of Teachers, or the UFT) went on strike over the...
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    Federation of Teachers representing most teachers in New York City public schools is founded 1962–1963: New York City newspaper strike 1966: New York City transit...
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  • The Strike That Changed New York is a history book about the New York City teachers' strike of 1968 written by Jerald Podair and published by the Yale...
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  • Federation of Teachers nationwide; UFT is member New York State United Teachers, statewide; UFT is member New York City teachers' strike of 1968, UFT responding...
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    north-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City. Downtown Flushing...
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    Brighton Beach is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the greater Coney Island area along the Atlantic...
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    owned by 'uptown' German Jews. The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board...
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    calling the strike a "reductive negotiating tactic" and "myopic". Amell apologized for what he said in a Instagram post and attended a New York City picket...
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    Tucker and Sidor Belarsky. The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board...
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    strike – Solidarity Online". 8 September 2017. Bao, Xiaolan (2001). Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City...
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  • The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is the labor union that represents most teachers in New York City public schools. As of 2005[update], there were...
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  • From 1968 to 2012 at least 839 teacher strikes have occurred in the US. 740 of these have been in Pennsylvania. Teacher strikes and walkouts have since...
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  • The St. John's University strike of 1966–1967 was a strike by faculty at St. John's University in New York City which began on January 4, 1966, and ended...
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    Flatbush (redirect from Flatbush, New York)
    Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally...
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    news distribution for many New England cities. The strike lasted two weeks, causing Pulitzer's New York World to decrease its circulation from 360,000 papers...
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    New York City. It is bounded by Roosevelt Avenue on the north; the Long Island Expressway on the south; Junction Boulevard on the east; and the New York...
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    Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by...
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    neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights...
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    rights laws. This contributed to the New York City teachers' strike of 1968, when Brownsville's majority white teacher population clashed with the majority...
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    with the writers, the strike was led by changes in the industry caused by streaming and its effect on residuals, as well as other new technologies like AI...
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    Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D...
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    of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the...
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