CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

In this interview, City College student Hank Williams discussed organizing at CUNY in the late 1990s and early 2000s, after the middle of the decade which he identified as the peak of the campus movement. He talked about the relationship between various campus organizations, including the Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM!), which he organized with. He reflected upon the era of repression and austerity, as CUNY dismantled open admissions, and the racism that guided these policies.