12019-03-12T23:56:50+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282416plainpublished2019-10-15T18:24:19+00:00AnonymousOn February 8, 1964 the New York Amsterdam News was filled with news regarding the massive New York City school boycott that took place five days earlier. More than 460,000 students, predominantly black and Puerto Rican, stayed out of school to protest educational inequality and school segregation in the Big Apple. The boycott was the largest of the civil rights era and the Amsterdam News’ editorial page was quick to point out that the protest had not “fizzled” as critics expected.