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The Making & Memories Of Build Academy: The Rise Of A Black Community School In Buffalo During The Late 1960s, Domonique Griffin
The Making & Memories Of Build Academy: The Rise Of A Black Community School In Buffalo During The Late 1960s, Domonique Griffin
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This paper investigates the social conditions that influenced the creation of BUILD Academy as well as the long-term meaning that BUILD held for some members of the community.
In 1968, a struggle that ensued at Buffalo Public School #48 set the stage for a massive effort to reform the city’s educational system. School administrators decided to transfer a well respected black teacher who was hired to work in a third grade classroom. As a result of their displeasure, parents and community members organized a boycott in which they refused to send their children to school. Following that boycott, the education …