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Knocking at our Own Door
Milton A. ... Clarence Taylor’s Knocking at our Own Door examines Galamison’s life from a young boy explaining to us how he fought to integrate one of the biggest school systems in the United States; the New York school system. ... Galamison felt the need he had to fight to desegregate the nation’s largest school system by tentatively digesting his young life and how exploring the impact of his own family life made him want to change life for other young black children of the future. ...
In the book, Taylor confronts Galamison’s troubled history, focusing on one of the most controversial little-studied figures in order to present a detailed account to the militant approach that divided the city, winning support in some circles and bitter criticism from others; not only from anti-civil rights forces, but also from some of the more moderate factions of his own movement. ... Disentangling the complex issues of race and class, local power and centralized politics, and the collapse of Jewish-Black relations sparked by allegations of Black anti-Semitism, Knocking at Our Own Door is a searching exploration of why New Yorks integrationist campaign disintegrated. One of the few in-depth studies of the politics of urban integration, Knocking at Our Own Door is written with clarity and sensitivity by a scholar who bore personal witness to this important chapter of American history.
Approximate Word count = 1346
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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