School Boycott
Item
Title
School Boycott
Description
This exhibition includes flyers promoting The School Boycott which occurred on February 3rd, 1964. It was organized by local New York City civil rights leaders, and members of the NAACP and CORE. More than 450,000 students boycotted their public schools to protest school segregation and overcrowding.
Contributor
Queens College Department of Special Collections & Archives
Creator
Queens College Department of Special Collections & Archives
Date
February 3, 1964
Language
English
Publisher
Queens College Civil Rights Archives
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Source
Queens College Special Collections and Archives
uri
http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/civilrights/exhibits/show/education/school_boycott
Queens College Department of Special Collections & Archives. “School Boycott”. Queens College Civil Rights Archives. http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/civilrights/exhibits/show/education/school_boycott, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1067
Time Periods
1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects
Activism
Board of Higher Education
NYC Public Schools
Relationships with Communities
Student Organizations
Bayard Rustin
Civil Rights Movement
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
High School
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Parents' Workshop for Equality
Protest
Racial Injustice
Student Activism
Student Help Project