Cover Image of ISBN 9780739102275

Knocking at Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools (Paperback)

Professor Clarence Taylor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
9780739102275
0-7391-0227-3

What caused one of America's most promising civil rights movements to implode on the eve of change? Knocking at Our Own Door chronicles the life of New York's preeminent but little-studied integrationist,.

Milton A. Galamison, and his controversial struggle to improve the lives of the city's most underprivileged children. This detailed account brings insight into the complexities of urban politics, race relations, and school reform.