{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschoolcolors.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-2-power-to-the-people-09KUFwCe","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"S1 E2: Power to the People","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a295c480-0f10-4883-995e-595fa4bb2a56/3d50d43b-a130-4e89-bee4-c1742e5a820d/blockade.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/c5ef5c51-63c2-45da-a07d-a82124d6b0ee\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"S1 E2: Power to the People\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In the late 1960s, the Central Brooklyn neighborhood of Ocean Hill-Brownsville was at the center of a bold experiment in community control of public schools. But as Black and Puerto Rican parents in Ocean Hill-Brownsville tried to exercise power over their schools, they collided headfirst with the teachers’ union — leading to the longest teachers’ strike in American history, 51 years ago this fall.\n\nWhat started as a local pilot project turned into one of the most divisive racial confrontations ever witnessed in New York City. Ocean Hill-Brownsville made the national news for months, shattered political coalitions and created new ones, and fundamentally shaped the city we live in today."}