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"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
"Move the Crowd"

This November 2000 feature article in The Source, the leading national hip-hop magazine at the time, covers SLAM!'s participation in organizing protests against the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia that year. The protests focused on [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 2000-2010 Centralization of CUNY
Subjects: Activism, Criminal Justice, Diversity, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations
Tags: Media / Press, Police, Prisons, Republican National Conference

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