The Battle for Bilingual Education
Clip: Season 35 Episode 7 | 4m 41s
How Asian and Latino activists took on the education system in Boston and won.
Most histories about the integration of Boston’s schools in the 1970s focus on the tension between the city’s Black and white residents—but there’s another narrative that goes beyond black and white. This is the little-known story of how Latino and Asian activists took on the education system, and won.
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The Battle for Bilingual Education
Clip: Season 35 Episode 7 | 4m 41s
Most histories about the integration of Boston’s schools in the 1970s focus on the tension between the city’s Black and white residents—but there’s another narrative that goes beyond black and white. This is the little-known story of how Latino and Asian activists took on the education system, and won.
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