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Song: "Hit the Road Matt: Good riddance to a reprehensible Chancellor!"

This version of the Ray Charles classic was written by members of the Graduate Center General Assembly and Adjunct Project on the occasion of CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's June 2013 retirement. The song references ongoing scandals over which [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 2010-2020 From OWS to Covid-19
Subjects: Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Admissions, Austerity, Board of Trustees, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Diversity, Faculty Governance, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Retirees, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Adjunct, Baruch College, Brooklyn College, Graduate Center General Assembly, Matthew Goldstein, Medgar Evers College, Open Admissions, Pathways
Brooklyn College President's April 18, 1969, Response to Puerto Rican and African-American Students' 18 Demands

The Office of the President at Brooklyn College (BC) responded on April 18, 1969, to the 18 Demands presented by Puerto Rican and African-American students earlier that month. In response to the first demands, the office alluded to CUNY's proposed [...]

Item Type: Text (Memorandum/Press Release / Statement)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Pedagogy, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: 18 Demands, African American Faculty, African American Students, Black Faculty, Black Panther Party, Black Students, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College Bookstore, C.I.A. on campus, Curriculum, Curriculum Transformation, Institute of Afro-American Studies, Institute of Puerto Rican Studies, Kingsman, Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Open Admissions, Panther 21, Professor Brandstein, Professor Faganis, Professor Ford, Professor Slotnick, Professor Zimmerman, Puerto Rican Faculty, Puerto Rican Students, Response to Demands, Robert T. Fitzhugh, Willie Watson
Black and Puerto Rican Solidarity during 1969 Malcolm X Day and Memorial at Brooklyn College

This photo, taken by pioneering student-activist Antonio "Tony" Nieves, member and liaison of the Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians (B.L.A.C.) and the Puerto Rican Alliance (P.R.A.) at Brooklyn College (BC), shows Askia Davis, member of [...]

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: Askia Davis, B.L.A.C., Black Liberation, Black Panther Party Member, Black Power, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians, P.R.A., Puerto Rican Alliance, Ray Aviles, Student Activism

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