"Strike Tomorrow!"
The headline for this edition of Student News announces City College students' strike set for November 20, 1934. The strike was demanded the reinstatement of twenty-one expelled students as well as the removal of City College (CCNY) President Frederick B. Robinson. The twenty-one were expelled following an anti-fascist rally on October 9th.
As one article on this front page excerpt notes, the rally began at 11am. It lasted approximately two hours, attracting a crowd upwards of 1,500 students. By event's end, three students were reported to have been arrested during a clash with police and a two-headed effigy of CCNY President Robinson and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was burned.
Student News was published weekly by the National Student League, a Communist-led collective of high school and college students based in New York City.
As one article on this front page excerpt notes, the rally began at 11am. It lasted approximately two hours, attracting a crowd upwards of 1,500 students. By event's end, three students were reported to have been arrested during a clash with police and a two-headed effigy of CCNY President Robinson and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was burned.
Student News was published weekly by the National Student League, a Communist-led collective of high school and college students based in New York City.
Source | CCNY Archives & Special Collections
Creator | Student News
Date Created | November 19, 1934
Rights | Obtain From Student News
Item Type | Text (Article / Essay)
Cite This document | Student News, “"Strike Tomorrow!",” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/3612.
Creator | Student News
Date Created | November 19, 1934
Rights | Obtain From Student News
Item Type | Text (Article / Essay)
Cite This document | Student News, “"Strike Tomorrow!",” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/3612.
