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Rally Demanding Progress in Contract Negotiations

This photograph captures a rally held by the Professional Staff Congress during their deadlock with CUNY administration over the terms of a new contract in 1973. As negotiations stalled, the PSC held a number of rallies demanding that CUNY [...]

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Board of Higher Education, CUNY Administration, Labor Unions
Tags: Belle Zeller, Brooklyn College, Evelyn Lerner, Lilia Melani, New York City College of Technology, Professional Staff Congress, Protest, Union contract
Rally against the Rapp-Coudert Committee: "Defend our Right to Freedom of Thought and Action"

Taken during the Rapp-Coudert Committee hearings sometime between 1940 and 1942, this photograph shows demonstrators protesting against the statewide hunt for "subversive activities" and persons in New York's public schools and colleges. Supporters [...]

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Brooklyn College, City College of New York, Free Speech, Protest, Rapp-Coudert Committee, Student Activism

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