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

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

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Taylor, Clarence,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.) :; 10 illus.
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Table of 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

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