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S2 E3: The Battle of Forest Hills

School Colors by Brooklyn Deep

Nov 30, 202201:00:27Government & Organizations

In the early 1970s, Forest Hills, Queens, became a national symbol of white, middle class resistance to integration. Instead of public schools, this fight was over public housing. It was a fight that got so intense the p...

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S2 E3: The Battle of Forest Hills is an episode from School Colors by Brooklyn Deep. In the early 1970s, Forest Hills, Queens, became a national symbol of white, middle class resistance to integration. Instead of public schools, this fight...

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Published Nov 30, 2022, 01:00:27 long, audio available.

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