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Reds at the Blackboard : Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City Teachers Union / Clarence Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) : 10 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231152693
  • 9780231526487
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.881137110097471 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2844.53.U62 N78 2011
  • LB2844.53
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- 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 Two -- 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 Three -- 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
Summary: The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. Clarence Taylor recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. Taylor's research reaffirms the party's close ties with the union—yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power.Reds at the Blackboard showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, Taylor reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. He describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One -- 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 Two -- 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 Three -- 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

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The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. Clarence Taylor recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. Taylor's research reaffirms the party's close ties with the union—yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power.Reds at the Blackboard showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, Taylor reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. He describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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