Stacey Word Copy

Left Panel Captions

Members of the Ocean- Hill governing board leaving Brooklyn JHS 271 surrounded by police officers.

In 1968, Albert Shanker led the UFT during Ocean- Hill Brownsville strike.

Members of the UFT are in favor of a strike and Albert Shanker.

Ocean- Hill Brownsville conditions before the strike.

Ocean- Hill Brownsville conditions before the strike.

The Brown vs. Board ruling banned segregation in public schools.

Middle Panel

In 1968, Albert Shanker singlehandedly called about three separate strikes in favor of the nineteen white administrators of the Ocean Hill Brownsville District who were transferred by an all black community controlled local governing board.

Nineteen teachers, the majority of which were white UFT members were suddenly transferred out of the district. Shanker led the UFT to reinstate the teachers and end community control. As a result, all New York City public schools were shut down for a total of 36 days, further increasing racial tensions between Blacks and Jews.

Thesis

Although there have been many efforts for change in education in the 1900’s, Albert Shanker’s leadership during the Ocean Hill- Brownsville strike of 1968 was the most effective.  

Albert Shanker lead about 15,000 teachers in a rally at New York City Hall.

Police officers blocked the doors to prevent anybody from entering the school.

Albert Shanker was viewed as a hero at the time of the strike.

Albert Shanker faced opposition at the time.

Mayor Lindsay supported community control at the time of the strike.

Sonny Carson, who established the local governing boards, blocks Fred Nauman, one of the teachers transferred.

Opposition towards UFT.

Albert Shanker leads his UFT troops in a rally during the strike.

Students walk out of JHS 271 in the troubled Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.

Bayard Rustin, a civil rights activist in the 1960’s, supported Albert Shanker in the strikes.

Race relations, at the time, were hostile.

Men blocked school doors to prevent students and teachers from entering.

All schools in NYC were closed for a long time.

McGeorge Bundy was the head of Mayor Lindsay’s special panel on school decentralization.

Flier for City Hall Rally of 1968.

Right Panel

Community control supporters protested the UFT’s strike.

The community control experiment at Ocean Hill Brownsville was ended.

The transferred teachers were reinstated.

Shanker was jailed for striking.

Rhody McCoy was the unity administrator of the Ocean-Hill Brownsville district

MLK And Shanker

Martin Luther King Jr. supported Shanker during the Ocean Hill Brownsville crisis.

Rustin asks King for help.

Shanker thanks King for support.

Shanker and King honor Bayard Rustin.

King supports Shanker.

Shanker thanks King.

Antithesis (Right Panel)

Albert Shanker vs. Rhody McCoy

Successfully ended community control Hired by board to lead district,

but saw no results in the first year.

Reinstated teachers who were wrongfully Transferred 19 white administrators

transferred out of the district

Governing board was disbanded at

the end

Word Count: 480

Exhibit Board Copy - Michelle

David Dubinsky: Reforming the ILGWU with a Cutter’s Knife

Thesis: David Dubinsky’s control over situations, and his devotion to unionism most impacted his success in reforming the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.

The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ was a prominent union in the 1900s.

The high labor density in New York City can be seen as a lasting effect of the ILGWU’s great presence in society during the 1900s.

Before his presidency, the ILGWU was suffering from internal conflict and debt.

David Dubinsky’s affiliations with the labor movement began during his youth in Poland where he was a member of the Bund, a Jewish labor union. Upon his immigration in 1911, Dubinsky embarked on what would become a lifelong journey through the labor politics of New York City.

David Dubinsky worked as a cutter for the ILGWU before moving on to higher positions.

During Dubinsky’s second year of presidency, this broadside was made to advertise an upcoming strike.

Sylvia Fine wrote this song as a bitter way express how necessary she believed a union card was. It demonstrates the significance that labor unions had in society.

This May Day Rally broadside shows what the union was for and against.

This picture of the May Day Parade of 1937 shows the following that the ILGWU had at the time.

Rose Pesotta expresses her concern for the condition of the union and its members as well as her distaste for the union’s involvement in politics in this letter to David Dubinsky.

Comparing the Labor Day Parade of 1937 to that of 1960, it is apparent that there were more union members in the later years of Dubinsky’s presidency.

These are pictures of other protesters and their causes.

David Dubinsky was affiliated with many influential people of the time, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Rockefeller, and Leon Blum.

The film With These Hands was produced to show the qualms of a union member at the time.

The ILGWU supported a cooperative housing project in 1962.

David Dubinsky reflects on his presidency, the struggles and success, and discusses his hopes for the future of the union.

These photographs depict the ILGWU presence at the March on Washington in 1963 and a recent teachers’ strike in 2012. Despite the drop in labor density, there is still a large union following.

Antithesis: Dubinsky’s paranoia surrounding other methods of union leadership prevented the ILGWU from growing to its full potential.  

Bus drivers in New York City went on strike on Wednesday 16, 2013.                                          

Teachers in Chicago protested on Saturday, October 20.

Union members in Wisconsin went on strike in 2012.       

Union members in Staten Island protested for better jobs.

Despite opposition, unions have managed to survive in recent times.

David Dubinsky paid off debts that were preventing union growth and brought the union from 45,000 members to 200,000.

Dubinsky is pictured with Lyndon B. Johnson, accepting an award, and attending the AFL – CIO convention with Jacob Potofsky, president of the ACWA.

Stefan and Michael Word Doc

Thesis

Branch Rickey’s ethical beliefs, and racist encounters were the greatest influences on him becoming the face of desegregating baseball

LEFT PANEL

Branch Rickey was inspired by an African-American teammate of his, Charles Thomas, who, when on a team trip to South Bend, Indiana was denied a room but shared one with Rickey. While he shared the room with Rickey he wept about his misfortune of having colored skin wishing he could make it white. Branch Rickey consoled his friend saying equality would come, but never forgot the scene and always promised to fix the wrongs brought upon the people including his friend Charles Thomas. Rickey’s childhood was surrounded by religious people, like his mother. Together they attended church every week. She would speak to him about how treating everybody equally is the right thing to do knowing that he was going to grow up in a country where racism was normal.

CENTRAL PANEL

Branch Rickey’s ethical beliefs were the main reasons for his involvement with Jackie Robinson, because if it was just to get the last bit of unused baseball talent, others would have done so just like he did and signed black players but they didn't. His main motivation though, was not this, it was his conscience and support for civil rights.Branch Rickey was a leader throughout his life by leading baseball teams such as the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers. After Rickey’s baseball career, he was general manager and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers where he won multiple championships. After his glory years with the Brooklyn Dodgers where he broke the color barrier he went on to be the general manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates for a number of years where he also established a winning culture.

“I don't want a player that has the guts to fight, I want a player that has enough guts not to fight back.”

    -Branch Rickey

“We had a victory of fascism in Germany. It's time, time we had a victory over racism at home.”

    -Branch Rickey

RIGHT PANEL

The signing showed all the other major sports that the right thing to do was to integrate, and that sports were missing colored players with great talent. In the NBA, Earl Lloyd was nicknamed the Jackie Robinson of the NBA. Like  Robinson his bravery and   determinations through all the taunts and chants proved his strong character to the world. Just a few years later he became the first African American assistant coach in the NBA. Branch Rickey was the visionary of baseball, he not only desegregated baseball for the community then, but he was the one that opened the door for other sports to follow suit. He knew that African-Americans and other minorities had so much to offer to baseball not only with their talent, and so he carried out his plan that no one else would’ve dared to do

CAPTIONS

-Branch Rickey with a front officer member of the Dodgers at a game discussing found inspiration from through his struggles.  

                            

-Teammate of Rickey’s in college who he found inspiration from Jackie Robinson.

-Branch Rickey when he played for Ohio Wesleyan University.

-Branch Rickey creates a list of possible African American players to get into the MLB.

-Branch Rickey a part of Ohio Wesleyan University baseball team coaching staff.   

-Branch Rickey in office.

-The signing of Jackie Robinson.

-Branch Rickey speaks at local church.

-Branch Rickey at bat with Ohio Wesleyan.

-Branch Rickey’s ideas about desegregation way before the signing of Jackie Robinson.

       

-Jackie Robinson’s letter to president Eisenhower in regards to
racism.

-Letters between Robinson and Rickey.

-Branch Rickey with his teammates

-Robinson signing autographs at Ebbets field.

-The first black player in the NBA, joining after Jackie Robinson.

-Jackie Robinson with Branch Rickey.

-Branch Rickey with Robinson at baseball hall of fame induction..

-One of the first Hispanic MLB players, Roberto Clemente, also after Robinson.

Mithila and Matthew Presentation Schedule

https://docs.google.com/a/townsendharris.org/document/d/1G_55OQcT8bqf9AJzR4ly3h_gUTsubWPJBAcasld9A1Y/edit

Schedule (Angel and Chelsea)

https://docs.google.com/a/townsendharris.org/document/d/1BXiMrwpnpmiZHPMdz4kjfxEHhylHPXn70DZP_ZLYuD8/edit?usp=sharing

Mya, Georja, Patrycja 2nd Draft

http://youtu.be/LCUfnzd1Fy4

NYC NHD Schedule

Dear New York City History Day Educator:

Thank you for registering your students in New York City History Day. Please reply to this email immediately so I know you have received the following important information. This year’s competition will take place on Sunday, March 8^th. To make sure the day runs smoothly for both you and your students, please read all of the attached materials.

Please note that this year’s program will culminate with an Awards Ceremony at 4:30 pm at the New York Academy of Medicine, located on 103^rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue. All are welcome to attend!

REGISTRATION

All participating students must register at the New York Academy of Medicine located on 103^rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenue. Students participating in the Exhibit category must arrive by 8:45 am to begin registration and set-up. With the exception of student participants in the Exhibit category, no one will be permitted inside the New York Academy of Medicine 8:45 am. Due to the evaluation process of exhibition entries, these students must be accommodated first and no other students will be permitted to enter until their indicated arrival time. Please understand we can’t make any exceptions.

While registration for all for participants in the Documentary, Website, Historical Paper and Performance categories will begin at 9:15 am, students with judging times after 12:00 pm must wait until 10:00 am to begin registration.

WHERE

All students must first register at the NY Academy of Medicine, as indicated.  Interviews will take place at the following buildings, but each student’s individual letter will specify where their interview will be.

• The Reece School, located on 104^th Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue
• The Museum of the City of New York, located on Fifth Avenue between 103^rd Street and 104^th Street
• The New York Academy of Medicine, located on 103^rd Street between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue

STUDENT OBSERVATION FOR DOCUMENTARIES AND PERFORMANCES

Students participating in the performance and documentary categories are required to observe some of their peers’ presentations.  The timeframe for this mandatory participation will be indicated on their registration packet, along with the specific time they will present to the judges which students received via email.  This component will allow participants to learn from their peers’ work.  Not only will they have the opportunity to listen to their peers’ presentations, they will also benefit from listening to the judges’ comments. Parents and teachers may also be allowed to observe, if there is room. Students have priority when observing and all students and adults must abide by the judges’ decision to leave the judge area if it is too crowded or noise.

RUN-OFFS

Students in the exhibition, paper, and documentary categories should understand that after the interview process, judges may review selected projects a second time to make their final decisions.  This is called run-off.  Students will not be interviewed a second time during run-off.  Their work must stand on its own.  For the exhibition and paper categories, students will not knowwhich projects will be considered during the run-off timeframe.  After exhibition run-off, the exhibition areas will be open to the public.  For the documentary category, students must note the run-off time posted by their interview room and return at the indicated time to see if they must present their entry a second time.  The student(s) must be present to show their documentary a second time if they are requested to do so, but they will not be interviewed again.  If selected students are not present for the run-off they may lose their chance to win a prize. 

Schedule

Oloruntoba	Boluwatife	G Perf	Acad. Of Med. 3rd Floor	10:20
Vaidya	Agastya	G Perf	Acad. Of Med. 3rd Floor	10:20
Guzman	Michael	G Exb	Acad. of Med. Pres Gal	12:00
Mirkovic	Stefan	G Exb	Acad. of Med. Pres Gal	12:00
Manginelli	Brianna	G Exb	Acad. of Med. Pres Gal	11:00
Molina Lopez	Mariana	G Exb	Acad. of Med. Pres Gal	11:00
Illescas	Michelle	Exb	Acad. of Med. Rm 21	11:30
Zhang	Stacey	Exb	Acad. of Med. Rm 21	10:30
Jaloza	Samantha	Perf	Acad. Of Med. Rm 440	11:40
Pulatov	Benjamin	Perf	Acad. Of Med. Rm 440	10:20
Brown	Genova	Web	MCNY 4th Floor #1	11:15
Pajares	Pamela	Web	MCNY 4th Floor #1	10:30
Doss Hom	Nicholas	Web	MCNY 4th Floor #1	11:45
Wu	Anson	Web	MCNY 4th Floor #1	10:00
Daoud	Omar	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #2	10:30
Foronda	Christian	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #2	10:30
Calumpit	Abigail	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	10:30
Hossain	Sabrina	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	10:30
Kozaka	Anna	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	11:30
Zheng	Doris	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	11:30
Balkissoon	Suzanna	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	10:00
Dookhu	Arianna	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	10:00
Zurita	Mark	G Web	MCNY 4th Floor #3	10:00
Hossain	Mithila	G Doc	Reece Rm 410	10:00
Mandel	Matthew	G Doc	Reece Rm 410	10:00
Allen	Mya	G Doc	Reece Rm 411	10:20
Fotiou	Georja	G Doc	Reece Rm 411	10:20
Komaniecki	Patrycja	G Doc	Reece Rm 411	10:20
Lu Shing	Brandon	Doc	Reece Rm 510	10:20
Chaug	Chelsea	G Doc	Reece Rm 511	11:20
Moratos	Angeliki	G Doc	Reece Rm 511	11:20
Lebeau	Alexander	G Doc	Reece Rm 511	10:00
Shaikh	Faisal	G Doc	Reece Rm 511	10:00

Angel & Chelsea's Documentary

Alfred Stieglitz- Second Draft

Stacey Word Count

Left Panel Captions

Members of the Ocean- Hill governing board leaving Brooklyn JHS 271 surrounded by police officers.

In 1968, Albert Shanker led the UFT during Ocean- Hill Brownsville strike.

Members of the UFT are in favor of a strike and Albert Shanker.

Ocean- Hill Brownsville conditions before the strike.

The Ocean-Hill Brownsville district was poor and chaotic.  

The Brown vs. Board ruling banned segregation in public schools.

Middle Panel Caption

Albert Shanker lead about 15,000 teachers in a rally at New York City Hall.

Police officers blocked the doors to prevent anybody from entering the school.

Albert Shanker was viewed as a hero at the time of the strike.

Albert Shanker faced opposition at the time.

Mayor Lindsay supported community control at the time of the strike.

Sonny Carson, who established the local governing boards blocks Fred Nauman, one of the teachers transferred.

Opposition towards UFT.

Albert Shanker leads his UFT troops in a rally during the strike.

Students walk out of JHS 271 in the troubled Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district.

Bayard Rustin, a civil rights activist in the 1960’s, supported Albert Shanker in the strikes.

Martin Luther King Jr. supported Shanker during the Ocean- Hill Brownsville crisis.

Race relations, at the time, were hostile.

Men blocked school doors to prevent students and teachers from entering.
All schools in NYC were closed for a long time.

McGeorge Bundy was the head of Mayor Lindsay’s special panel on school decentralization.

Shanker thanks King for support.
Shanker and King honor Bayard Rustin.
King supports Shanker.
Shanker thanks King.
Flier for City Hall Rally of 1968.

Right Panel

Community control supporters protested the UFT’s strike.

The community control experiment at Ocean Hill Brownsville was ended.

The transferred teachers were reinstated.

Shanker was jailed for striking.

Rustin asks King for help.

Thesis

Although there have been many efforts for change in education in the 1900’s, Albert Shanker’s leadership during the Ocean Hill- Brownsville strike of 1968 was the most effective.  

Titles:

Albert Shanker: Leading the Teacher Union’s Battle for Control
Before the Strike

During the Strike

MLK And Shanker

After the Strike

Others

In 1968, Albert Shanker singlehandedly called about three separate strikes in favor of the nineteen white administrators of the Ocean Hill Brownsville District who were transferred by an all black community controlled local governing board.

Nineteen teachers, the majority of which were white UFT members were suddenly transferred out of the district. Shanker led the UFT to reinstate the teachers and end community control. As a result, all New York City public schools were shut down for a total of 36 days, further increasing racial tensions between Blacks and Jews.

Word Count: 438