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"It's Happening in New York!"

Published in 1941, this pamphlet was created by the Committee for the Defense of Public Education, a joint committee between the Teachers Union and the College Teachers Union, amidst the turmoil of the Rapp-Coudert hearings. Citing a variety of [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Board of Higher Education, Labor Unions, Politics
Tags: Anti-Fascism, City College of New York, Communist Party, Free Speech, Morris Schappes, Protest, Rapp-Coudert Committee, Teachers Union
"Rapp-Coudert Committee Subpoenas Schappes-Edel"

This cover of an issue of The CCNY Student features an especially critical reaction to the ongoing Rapp-Coudert hearings of 1940-41. Produced by the American Student Union, a national left-wing student organization, the cover's [...]

Item Type: Image (Drawing)
Time Period: 1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Legal, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Abraham Edel, American Student Union, Anti-Fascism, City College of New York, Free Speech, Morris Schappes, Rapp-Coudert Committee, Student Newspapers / Journals

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