New York Strikes Impact City Schools Police Slowdown
A teachers strike cripples New York City public schools with 1.1 million pupils, while police slowdowns and fire department actions unfold. The Board of Education seeks injunctions to reinstate 80 teachers and may close JHS 271 in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, as unions accuse harassment and warn of long term academic harm.
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Bob Monroe
NEW York
United Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Rhody McCoy
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Central Board
John V. Lindsay
JHS
Albert Shanker
UFT
Ocean Hill Board
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Midtown Manhattan
Sit-in Arrests at UC Berkeley After Racism Course
Berkeley campus police arrest 120 students and others after a sit-in at the administration building seeking academic credit for an experimental racism course led by Eldridge Cleaver. Hundreds gathered outside as windows were broken and a tear gas canister fired amid nonviolent arrests.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
America
Alameda County
Sheriff's Office
Santa Rita
University
Eldridge Cleaver
Board of Regents
Cleaver
Roger Heyns
Ronald Reagan
Democratic Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Sacramento
Reagan
Unruh
Heyns
Sproug Hall
R.L. Johnson
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