Date of Award
Spring 2017
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
Educational Studies
First Advisor
Jack Dougherty
Abstract
This paper investigates the social conditions that influenced the creation of BUILD Academy as well as the long-term meaning that BUILD held for some members of the community.
In 1968, a struggle that ensued at Buffalo Public School #48 set the stage for a massive effort to reform the city’s educational system. School administrators decided to transfer a well respected black teacher who was hired to work in a third grade classroom. As a result of their displeasure, parents and community members organized a boycott in which they refused to send their children to school. Following that boycott, the education committee of Buffalo’s Black Power organization--BUILD (Build, Unity, Independence, Liberty and Dignity)--entered into negotiations with the Board of Education and The State Teacher’s College at Buffalo to formally establish BUILD Academy in 1969.
Recommended Citation
Griffin, Domonique, "The Making & Memories of BUILD Academy: The Rise of a Black Community School in Buffalo During the Late 1960s". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2017.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/619
Comments
Senior project completed at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies.