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School Colors Episode 3: "The Battle of Forest Hills"
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:59:11
Publish Date: 2022-05-20 11:00:24
Description: 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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