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#CancelRent And Eviction Blockades in Brooklyn: Black Queer Women and Femmes Fight for the Right to Housing

Written and submitted by Brooklyn College student Emily Batista over the summer of 2020, this autoethnography focused on the eviction defense of 1214 Dean Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Batista framed this research project as a "vessel to [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 2020 and Beyond: CUNY in the Era of COVID and Racial Reckoning
Subjects: Activism, Buildings and/or Architecture, City / State Relations, Distance Learning, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Gender, Pedagogy, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn, cancel rent, COVID-19, critical race studies, Crown Heights, CUNY Distance Learning Archive, NYC community, NYC evictions, Queer Studies, student projects
Oral History Interview with Anselma Rodriguez

In this oral history, Anselma Rodriguez discusses her experiences as a student at Brooklyn College from 1969-1973. She was a founding a member of Movimiento Estudiantil Dominicanos and active in Brooklyn College's Puerto Rican Studies Department. [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Financial Aid, Immigration, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities, Tuition
Tags: Anti-War, Black Panthers, Black Power, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, English as a Second Language, Puerto Rico, Racial Injustice, Undocumented Students / Immigrants, Vietnam War
Black and Puerto Rican Solidarity during 1969 Malcolm X Day and Memorial at Brooklyn College

This photo, taken by pioneering student-activist Antonio "Tony" Nieves, member and liaison of the Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians (B.L.A.C.) and the Puerto Rican Alliance (P.R.A.) at Brooklyn College (BC), shows Askia Davis, member of [...]

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: Askia Davis, B.L.A.C., Black Liberation, Black Panther Party Member, Black Power, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians, P.R.A., Puerto Rican Alliance, Ray Aviles, Student Activism

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