School Colors Episode 3: "The Battle of Forest Hills"
Podcast |
Code Switch
Publisher |
NPR
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News & Politics
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
May 20, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:59:13
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. A fight that got so intense the press called it "The Battle of Forest Hills." How did a famously liberal neighborhood become a hotbed of reaction and backlash? And how did a small group of angry homeowners change housing policy for the entire country?

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