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
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3mins
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
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43mins
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
27 Sep 2019
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54mins
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
4 Oct 2019
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1hr
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
11 Oct 2019
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56mins
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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59mins
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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59mins
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
22 Nov 2019
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59mins
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
6 Dec 2019
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59mins
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
20 Dec 2019
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1hr 14mins