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January 29, 1970 Request for Creation of a Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College
This January 29, 1970, letter, written by Professor Josephine Nieves, Director of the Institute for Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (BC), makes an official request to found a Department of Puerto Rican Studies at the college. The letter [...]
February 5, 1970 Letter from Brooklyn College President Kneller favoring the establishment of a Department of Puerto Rican Studies at the college
In this February 5, 1970 letter from President John Kneller to Prof. Josephine Nieves, director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (BC) responded to her formal request for the creation of a Department of Puerto Rican [...]
March 20, 1970 Brooklyn College Faculty-Staff Bulletin Announcing Creation of Three New Departments at the College
Published by the Faculty and Staff of Brooklyn College (BC), this March 20, 1970 bulletin alerted the BC community of founding of three new departments approved at a BC Faculty Council meeting. The three departments--Information Science, [...]
January 24, 1972 Letter from the Committee on Puerto Rican Studies and Research to CUNY Chancellor Kibbee confirming a plan to create a Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY
This January 24, 1974 letter to CUNY Chancellor Robert Kibbee, co-signed by Brooklyn College Department of Puerto Rican Studies Chairperson Josephine Nieves, confirmed a proposal to create a Puerto Rican Research Center at CUNY. The proposed [...]
May 24, 1972 Letter from Brooklyn College President John Kneller Confirming Approval of the Puerto Rican Studies Major at the College
Two years after the official establishment of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (BC), the CUNY Committee on the Academic Program on May 23, 1972 approved BC's proposal for a major in Puerto Rican Studies. This item is part [...]
Student Drawing Depicting a Brooklyn College Student Protest at Brooklyn College to Determine Who the Chairperson Would Be
A drawing illustrating how Puerto Rican student activists at Brooklyn College (BC) imagined themselves guarding the Department of Puerto Rican Studies in protest of President John Kneller's decision in 1974 not to hire María Sánchez as the [...]
October 24, 1974 letter Frank Bonilla, head of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College to Brooklyn College President John Kneller Supporting the Student-led Struggle on the campus
In this October 24, 1974 letter from Frank Bonilla, head of the recently formed Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños (Center for Puerto Rican Studies) at Hunter College, expressed the center's support for Brooklyn College (BC) faculty and students [...]
October24 , 1974 Statement from Brooklyn College President John Kneller detailing his response to the student-led takeover of the BC Registrar's Office
This October 24, 1974 statement sent from President John W. Kneller detailed the steps the BC administration took in response to a student-led, multi-day takeover of the BC Registrars Office. Earlier in the month Puerto Rican and African American [...]