Minutes of the February 17, 1969 Meeting of the Presidential Search Committee for Community College 7
On February 17, 1969 the Presidential Search Committee for Community College 7, composed of five City University of New York (CUNY) officials and five appointed representatives of Bedfrord-Stuyvesant community organizations, met to continue their discussions of four candidates under consideration for the presidency of the new college. The meeting was marked by open disagreement between the two contingents over one candidate, Rhody McCoy. McCoy was advanced as a candidate for the presidency by the Bedford-Stuyvesant delegation, but CUNY officials deemed him inappropriate because of his lack of academic credentials and college-level experience as well as being “the subject of great controversy” for his leadership of the school community control “experiment” underway in Ocean-Hill Brownsville. In the coming weeks, McCoy’s candidacy would become a flashpoint for escalating tensions over the Bedford-Stuyvesant community’s role in leading and planning the new college.
Source | Donald Watkins Collection (Brooklyn Public Library)
Creator | Bedford Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services
Date Created | February 13, 1969
Item Type | Text (Notes / Minutes)
Cite This document | Bedford Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services, “Minutes of the February 17, 1969 Meeting of the Presidential Search Committee for Community College 7,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/13712.
Creator | Bedford Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services
Date Created | February 13, 1969
Item Type | Text (Notes / Minutes)
Cite This document | Bedford Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services, “Minutes of the February 17, 1969 Meeting of the Presidential Search Committee for Community College 7,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/13712.
