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School Colors

School Colors is a narrative podcast from Brooklyn Deep about how race, class, and power shape American cities and schools. Season 2 premieres May 4, 2022: only on NPR's Code Switch.

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Season 1 Trailer

Season 1 Trailer

Bedford-Stuyvesant is one of the most iconic historically Black neighborhoods in the United States. Community School Dis... Read more

6 Sep 2019

3mins

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S1 E1: Old School

S1 E1: Old School

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn is one of the most iconic historically Black neighborhoods in the United States. But Bed-St... Read more

20 Sep 2019

43mins

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S1 E2: Power to the People

S1 E2: Power to the People

In the late 1960s, the Central Brooklyn neighborhood of Ocean Hill-Brownsville was at the center of a bold experiment in... Read more

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S1 E3: Third Strike

S1 E3: Third Strike

In the fall of 1968, New York City teachers went on strike three times, in reaction to an experiment in community contro... Read more

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S1 E4: "Agitate! Educate! Organize!"

S1 E4: "Agitate! Educate! Organize!"

In the wake of the 1968 teachers’ strikes, Black people in Central Brooklyn continued to fight for self-determination in... Read more

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S1 E5: The Disappearing District

S1 E5: The Disappearing District

Since 2002, the number of students in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 has dropped by more than half. There’s no single reason why... Read more

25 Oct 2019

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S1 E6: Mo' Charters Mo' Problems

S1 E6: Mo' Charters Mo' Problems

If you ask most people in Bed-Stuy’s District 16 why they think enrollment is falling, chances are they’ll point to char... Read more

8 Nov 2019

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S1 E7: New Kids on the Block

S1 E7: New Kids on the Block

Gentrification is reshaping cities all over the country: more affluent people, often but not always white, are moving in... Read more

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S1 E8: On the Move

S1 E8: On the Move

Despite New York City's progressive self-image, our dirty secret is that we have one of the most deeply segregated schoo... Read more

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S1 Bonus: A Night at the Library

S1 Bonus: A Night at the Library

In this bonus episode, recorded live at the Brooklyn Public Library, producers Mark Winston Griffith and Max Freedman ta... Read more

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