Taylor Reds at the Blackboard

Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-52648-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Clarence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1
1. The War Within: Battling for the Soul of the Union
2. Communist Front? The TU During the Popular Front Era
3. The Fight Over Revocation
4. To Be a Good American: The New York City Teachers Union and the Issue of Race During the Second World War
Part 2
5. The Opening Salvo: Louis Jaffe, Taft-Hartley, and Minnie Gutride
6. The First Wave of Suspensions and Dismissals
7. Banning Subversives
8. Anti-Semitism: Rhetoric and Perception
9. Undercover Agents, Informers, and Cooperating Witnesses
Part 3
10. Crusading for Civil Rights
11. Women and the Teachers Union
12. The Triumph of the United Federation of Teachers and the Demise of Social Unionism
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Clarence Taylor is professor of history and black and Latino studies at Baruch College and professor of history at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He has written or edited several books, including The Black Churches of Brooklyn and Knocking at Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools.