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Nice White Parents: The 60-Year Relationship Between White Parents and Public Schools
06:37 - 18:18 (11:41)
This podcast series explores the history of white parents' involvement in public schools in the US and the impact of their attempts at integration on Black and Puerto Rican students. In this episode, May Mallory visits her children's school after hearing that a child had died there.
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This podcast series explores the complex and controversial relationship between white parents and public schools, tracing the story of a group of white parents who initially fought for integration but eventually decided not to send their children to an integrated school.
06:37 - 10:14 (03:37)
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This podcast series explores the complex and controversial relationship between white parents and public schools, tracing the story of a group of white parents who initially fought for integration but eventually decided not to send their children to an integrated school.
ChapterNice White Parents: The 60-Year Relationship Between White Parents and Public Schools
EpisodeNice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
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Some came because they wanted to get away from the tyranny and cruelty of kings.
10:14 - 11:04 (00:49)
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Some came because they wanted to get away from the tyranny and cruelty of kings. The father wants to give me and my brother a good education. The people have little land.
ChapterNice White Parents: The 60-Year Relationship Between White Parents and Public Schools
EpisodeNice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
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Mallory's family was amongst millions of African Americans who moved to the North to escape racial violence.
11:04 - 13:28 (02:24)
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Mallory's family was amongst millions of African Americans who moved to the North to escape racial violence. However, when she attended a school in New York City, the conditions were worse than what she experienced in her Southern school.
ChapterNice White Parents: The 60-Year Relationship Between White Parents and Public Schools
EpisodeNice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
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Black and Puerto Rican students were often kept segregated in what were known as "ghetto schools" while white students received summer reading programs and segregated schools were only blocks away.
13:28 - 16:45 (03:17)
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Black and Puerto Rican students were often kept segregated in what were known as "ghetto schools" while white students received summer reading programs and segregated schools were only blocks away. This led to gaps in basic literacy skills and educational opportunities for non-white students.
ChapterNice White Parents: The 60-Year Relationship Between White Parents and Public Schools
EpisodeNice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
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May Mallory, a civil rights activist, fought against segregation in New York City schools by suing the Board of Education, which resulted in allowing her and other parents to transfer their kids out of segregated schools.
16:45 - 18:18 (01:32)
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May Mallory, a civil rights activist, fought against segregation in New York City schools by suing the Board of Education, which resulted in allowing her and other parents to transfer their kids out of segregated schools.