This is Code Switch from NPR. I'm Shireen Madisoul Maraji.

And I'm Jean Demby and it's February.

Best known for being the shortest month of the year.

And oh yeah, it's Black History Month too.

Don't think that's a coincidence.

Hmm.

Coincidence, he thinks not.

Not.

We're going to make the most, though, of the limited time available.

By bringing you stories each week, this February of Black Resistance.

This week, we've got a story about a vicious battle

between white teachers and Black and Puerto Rican parents

in Bedford, Stivocent that led to a teacher's strike in New York City.

And when that strike went down in 1968,

it held the title of Longest Teacher's Strike in US History.

Some say the ghost of that strike still haunts the biggest public school district in the country

because so many of the questions and concerns

shouted into bull horns more than 50 years ago have yet to be answered.

It was a very big deal.

It was.

And you know, most of us have probably never heard of it,

but don't feel bad, y'all.

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