{"product_id":"building-power-breaking-power-the-united-teachers-of-new-orleans-1965-2008-paperback-softback-9781469678221","title":"Building Power, Breaking Power; The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781469678221","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBuilding Power, Breaking Power\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJesse Chanin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781469678221\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 14 halftones, 4 graphs, 8 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn excellent history of the people who made the [education] system work, anchored its communities, and never failed to advocate for its students. \u003ci\u003eBuilding Power, Breaking Power\u003c\/i\u003e . . . makes important contributions to the fields of labor history, education history, Southern history, African American history, and urban histories of neoliberalism.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Metropole\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom 1965 to 2005, the United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO) defied the South's conservative anti-union efforts to become the largest local in Louisiana. Jesse Chanin argues that UTNO accomplished and maintained its strength through strong community support, addressing a Black middle-class political agenda, internal democracy, and drawing on the legacy and tactics of the civil rights movement by combining struggles for racial and economic justice, all under Black leadership and with a majority women and Black membership. However, the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina provided the state government and local charter school advocates with the opportunity to remake the school system and dismantle the union. Authorities fired 7,500 educators, marking the largest dismissal of Black teaching staff since \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChanin highlights the significant staying power and political, social, and community impact of UTNO, as well as the damaging effects of the charter school movement on educators.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589034995992,"sku":"9781469678221","price":23.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/building-power-breaking-power-the-united-teachers-of-new-orleans-1965-2008-paperback-softback-9781469678221","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}