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Letter from Dr. Shirley Hune to Hunter President Jennifer J. Raab
This letter was written by Dr. Shirley Hune on April 19, 2017, and addressed to Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab. In the letter, Dr. Hune, who was instrumental to the development of Asian American studies at Hunter during her time as [...]
Oral History Interview with Khadija DeLoache
Khadija DeLoache entered City College in the fall of 1966 with support from the CUNY Seek program. In this oral history, DeLoache discusses growing up in Harlem, her experience as a student activist, and the development of the Black Studies [...]
Statement of Policy by the Board of Higher Education
This "statement of policy", attached to the minutes from a meeting of the Board of Higher Education on July 9, 1969, reflects the culmination of negotiations between college officials and protesting City College students. The students, most of whom [...]
Press Release from Black and Puerto Rican Student Community
This press release, written by protesting black and Puerto Rican students at City College on April 26, 1969, offers insight into the group's motivation behind their protests in the preceding months. Arguing for CCNY to better serve its surrounding [...]
Five Demands
This handout, created by a group of protesting City College students, offers insight into the motivations behind a campus-wide strike in April/May 1969. Black and Puerto Rican students, as well as white supporters, demanded the college meet these [...]
CCNY Protest Flier
This April/May 1969 flier was created to protest police presence on campus and police brutality that many student activists objected to at City College. College administrators requested the police in order to secure the conditions necessary to [...]
Salute at flag raising ceremony during 1969 Malcom 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 B.L.A.C. member Larry [...]
Black Power Salute at Brooklyn College during 1969 Malcolm X Day and Memorial
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.), shows members of both P.R.A. and B.L.A.C. at the 1969 [...]