CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York

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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
"College Head Here Quits After Strife"

This New York Times article reports the resignation of Borough of Manhattan Community College president Murray Block following May 1970 demonstrations that ended with students and faculty occupying the college's buildings. Block's replacement was [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Politics
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Edgar Draper, Media / Press, Police, Protest, Vietnam War
Tiger Paper, April 1972

This edition of the Tiger Paper includes: interviews with BMCC students who were veterans of the Vietnam War, criticism of the college's registration process, a front page article detailing the firing of a professor, and an interview [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Gender, Labor Unions, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations
Tags: Child Care, Edgar Draper, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Jose Antonio Irizarry, Legislative Conference, United Federation of College Teachers, Vietnam War
Oral History Interview with Antonio "Tony" Nadal

This oral history with Antonio "Tony" Nadal, musician and co-founder of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (BC), is filled with personal stories, anecdotes, and singing about his work within the field of Puerto Rican Studies. [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Bilingual Education, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Pedagogy, Puerto Rican Studies, Retirees, Student Organizations
Tags: B.L.A.C., BC44, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Curriculum, Bilingual Teacher Education, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 44, Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians, Centro de Educacion para Adultos, Elba Lugo, Escuela Infantil Bilingue, Geraldo Rivera, Herminio Vargas, Institute of Puerto Rican Studies, Josephine Nieves, Maria Sanchez, MEDo, Milga Morales Nadal, Movimiento Estudiantil Dominicano, P.R.A., P.S.P., President John W. Kneller, President Robert L. Hess, PRLS, Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Department, Puerto Rican Diaspora, Puerto Rican Music, Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization, Puerto Rican Studies, Richie Perez, S.D.S., Sonia Nieto, Students for a Democratic Society, Thomas Bruce Birkenhead, Vietnam Draft, Vietnam War
Oral History Interview with Crecensio "Joey" Morales

Crecensio "Joey" Morales entered Brooklyn College during the late 1960s as a student in the SEEK program, a relatively new program then, established to support marginalized students be more successful in college. Morales was drafted into the Vietnam [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: BC44, Boys and Girl High School, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 44, MOFONGO Sports Team, P.R.A., Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican Diaspora, SEEK, Vietnam Draft, Vietnam War, Vietname Veteran
Oral History Interview with Dr. Milga Morales Nadal

Retiring as Vice President of Student Affairs at Brooklyn College, an office she occupied as a student activist in the late 1960s, Dr. Milga Morales Nadal, shares details about the Puerto Rican student movement at the college. She described the [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Bilingual Education, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: 18 Demands, A.P.R.E.E., Alliance for Puerto Rican Education and Empowerment, ASPIRA, B.L.A.C., BC44, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 44, Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians, Carmen Dinos, Civil Rights Movement, College Discovery Program, Escuela Infantil Bilingue, Ethnic Studies, Gowanus, Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Guyanilla, Herminio Vargas, Institute of Afro-American Studies, Institute of Puerto Rican Studies, Josephine Nieves, La Playita, Language Acquisition, Latino Faculty and Staff, Local 1199, Maria Sanchez, Massacre de Ponce, Open Admissions, P.R., P.R.A., President Office Takeover, Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican Diaspora, Puerto Rican Music, Puerto Rican Studies, Puerto Rico, S.D.S., SEEK, Sonia Nieto, Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam War, W.E.B. DuBois Club, Young Lords Organization
Oral History Interview with Dr. Orlando Pile

In this oral history with Dr. Orlando Pile, physician and former student-activist at Brooklyn College (BC) during the late 1960s, Pile discussed the ways his experiences growing up in Brooklyn influenced his activism at BC. He talked his role as [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: Angela Davis, Antonio Nieves, B.L.A.C., BC19, Black Panther Party, Black Studies Conference, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 19, Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians, Clyde R. Dillard, Craig Bell, Educational Opportunity Program, EOP, Eradamus Rodriguez, Eunice Matthews, Inez Reid, Institute of Afro-American Studies, Institute of Puerto Rican Studies, Kathleen Cleaver, Maurice Watson, Maxine Rodriguez, Ocean-Hill Brownsville, Orlando Pile, P.R.A., Peter Sherwood, Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican Studies, Richard Trent, S.D.S., SEEK, Student Activism, Student Demands, Student Protest, Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam War, Winston Price

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