Description
Book SynopsisFor three weeks in 1970 and for eleven weeks in 1971, the schools in Newark, New Jersey, were paralysed as the teachers went on strike. This volume contains a collection of oral histories examining the hopes of the teachers as they picketed, risking arrest and imprisonment.
Trade ReviewDrawing on primary and secondary sources as well as extensive oral interviews with participants in the events, Steve Golin's fine book describes the formation of the Newark Teachers Union and its heart-breaking confrontation with black nationalism and African American parents. He tells an engrossing story that is simultaneously respectful to the activists whose struggle he documents, supportive of their aspirations to be treated with dignity as workers, and critical of the ideological limitations that led to the violent strike and battle with black parents. * Choice *
One of the most interesting studies yet of the public employee union movement that arose in the US during the 1960Æs, this book provides an enlightening account of the tumultuous rise and subsequent decline of the Newark Teachers Union (NTU) . . . this book provides a unique window into the class and race politics that shaped the urban US coming out of the 1960Æs . . . highly recommended. * Choice *
Table of ContentsContents
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
