I Was the One Percenter
Manny Diaz and the Beginnings of a Black-Puerto Rican Coalition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11699966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonia S Lee (corresponding author), Ande Diaz |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 52-80 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Ethnic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-5927 • E-ISSN: 1936-4695 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40543156 |
| OpenAlex | W629891818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
On [he morn ing o f Fe bruary 3, 1964, Manny Dial woke up wondering how many Puerto Ric'an , [ud" ms would not go to school that day.Pue rto Ri cans were known for h aving thc highest high school drop-our and sus pens ion rat.e in New York City, but the reasons for stu dents' absences that.day were de libe rate.premeditated, and volunt.ary.fo r more than t.wo decades since urban renewal pruj et: ls ~cgn!gatcd the m into increa ed their children's schools detcriorate under the leadershi p of racialJy prejudiced whi le tc ac hers and adm ini strators.B) 19(,4.howe ver, their moral indignation ripl:ncd, a ud they we re ready t.o p ubli cly vo ice their anger.Diaz, w ho bad been leacli ng a juve nil e de li n que ncy prog ram wit h Pue rto Rican yo uth i n the Lowcr E ast Sid e, an d G ilherto Gerena-V:J..Ientfn , who had be~n organi/lng Puerto Ricans in the ci ty th rough lahor and com mu nity org'UliL tin, who aimed to dramatize black children 's inferior education in th~ cIty b~ boycou ing the entire puhlic ,chool sy'tem one duy.Diaz and Gerena probably wondered abou t the political ramifications o f making such an alliance with bl ack Ameri cans .Would black Americaru; treatl'ueno Rican migrants any bene I' t.han \I hire A mericans had') Were they fri ends 10 be trusted or e ne mies to he feared?To their ~urpr ise.and the >Uf prise of m,my others, the hoycort wa~ very ~ucce"ful.Desp ite the stigma of engaging in civil disobedience, 464.361 studellts stayed out o r New York City' S public scboob oIl that morning.More than three fO Ut1h, of the stu dent-from the heavily blad.-populatedncighborhooth of CClll rnl Harlem and Washington Heighls, as well as the Pll~110 Ricandominant Lower East Side a nd East Ilarie m neighborhoods diu not go to ,dlOOI.; Lee and Viaz S3
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |