Children in Front of Ocean Hill-Brownsville school, September 20, 1968, 1968
- Artist
Fred W. McDarrah
- Title
Children in Front of Ocean Hill-Brownsville school, September 20, 1968
- Date
1968
- Medium
Gelatin print
- Dimensions
Image: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Other (Mat): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm) Frame: 20 7/8 × 26 1/4 × 1 in. (53 × 66.7 × 2.5 cm)
- Credit line
The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist
- Object Number
2001.27.3
Taken in front of John M. Coleman Junior High School 271 in Ocean Hill–Brownsville, Brooklyn, this photograph acknowledges the power of the education system and the responsibility of schools to reflect the communities they serve. By 1965 the majority of public-school students in Ocean Hill–Brownsville were Black or Latinx, while two-thirds of their teachers were white. In response to this disparity in representation, a new community-controlled school system was implemented in 1967. The Teachers Union, viewing Black and Latinx community control as a threat to teacher job security, launched a strike the following year. In this photograph, photojournalist Fred McDarrah captures students standing along the police barriers during the strike.
Children in Front of Ocean Hill-Brownsville school, September 20, 1968, 1968
- Artist
Fred W. McDarrah
- Title
Children in Front of Ocean Hill-Brownsville school, September 20, 1968
- Date
1968
- Medium
Gelatin print
- Dimensions
Image: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Other (Mat): 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm) Frame: 20 7/8 × 26 1/4 × 1 in. (53 × 66.7 × 2.5 cm)
- Credit line
The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist
- Object Number
2001.27.3
Taken in front of John M. Coleman Junior High School 271 in Ocean Hill–Brownsville, Brooklyn, this photograph acknowledges the power of the education system and the responsibility of schools to reflect the communities they serve. By 1965 the majority of public-school students in Ocean Hill–Brownsville were Black or Latinx, while two-thirds of their teachers were white. In response to this disparity in representation, a new community-controlled school system was implemented in 1967. The Teachers Union, viewing Black and Latinx community control as a threat to teacher job security, launched a strike the following year. In this photograph, photojournalist Fred McDarrah captures students standing along the police barriers during the strike.