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Janet Mayes: An Oral History of the CCNY 1960’s SEEK Program
In this oral history interview, Janet Mayes, a City College SEEK writing teacher reflects on her experiences with the program. Mayes joined CCNY in the spring of 1967, making her one of the seven original SEEK writing lecturers. She co-taught a SEEK [...]
Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Diversity, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Addison Gayle, Allen B. Ballard, Anthony Penale, Audre Lorde, Barbara Christian, Brooklyn College, City College of New York, Civil Rights Movement, Desegregation, Equal Opportunity Programs, Janet Mayes, Kenneth Bruffee, Leslie Berger, Mina Shaughnessy, Racial Justice, SEEK, Social Justice, Toni Cade Bambara, Tutoring, Writing pedagogy
Oral History Interview with Carlos "Indio" Alejandro
In this oral history interview with Reverend Carlos "Indio" Alejandro, chaplain and former student-activist at Brooklyn College during the early 1970s, Alejandro emphasized the importance of a collective racial, linguistic, and national unity that [...]
Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Tags: BC19, BC44, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 44, Criminalization of Students, Lolita Lebron, machismo, Maria Sanchez, Milga Morales Nadal, Multicultural, Multiracial, Open Admissions, P.R.A., Paulo Freire, Pedro Albizu Campos, police brutality, President John W. Kneller, Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican Diaspora, Rikers Island, Social Justice, Stuyvesant High School, Willy Rodriguez, Yoruba