On February 3, 1964, an estimated 464,000 Black and Puerto Rican students boycotted New York City public schools in one of the largest civil rights protests in U.S. history. The boycott was organized to demand an end to racial segregation and inequality in the school system. A second boycott on March 16 drew more than 267,000 absentees, underscoring the community’s continued demands for educational justice.
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