Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture > Exhibitions

Courage: The Black New York Struggle for Quality Education

From October 2, 2009 through December 31, 2009
American Negro Theatre
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801 (directions)
Hours: Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sunday.
For Tours, please call (212) 491-2207.

Rev. Milton Galamison, president of the Brooklyn NAACP, leads anti-school segregation rally in Brooklyn, ca. 1959. Photographer: Charles L. Gill. Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.

This exhibition explores the visions and aspirations of courageous leaders and parents who have been seeking to educate black children. It looks at the obstacles black children have faced and the comparative nature of the learning environments and belated examples of educational success that have been established in New York City’s public school system. It also asks the enduring question of what kinds of educational policies, environments, and instructional programs black New Yorkers need in order to reach their fullest potential.

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