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Oral History Interview with Anselma Rodriguez

In this oral history, Anselma Rodriguez discusses her experiences as a student at Brooklyn College from 1969-1973. She was a founding a member of Movimiento Estudiantil Dominicanos and active in Brooklyn College's Puerto Rican Studies Department. [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Financial Aid, Immigration, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities, Tuition
Tags: Anti-War, Black Panthers, Black Power, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, English as a Second Language, Puerto Rico, Racial Injustice, Undocumented Students / Immigrants, Vietnam War
Spheric: Red, White and Blues

This issue of Spheric, a Hunter College newspaper produced by activists from the CUNY Coalition, includes a "special bulletin" that details proposed CUNY budget cuts and tuition increases as well as the efforts undertaken by the Students Liberation [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Criminal Justice, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Budget Cuts, Chancellor Ann Reynolds, Governor George Pataki, Poetry, Student Activism, Student Newspapers / Journals, Undocumented Students / Immigrants
Oral History Interview with Vera Weekes

Originally from Montserrat, Vera Weekes discusses her experience immigrating to the United States in 1989 and her subsequent decades at Medgar Evers College beginning in 1990. A senior paralegal and a Board of Immigration Appeals accredited [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition, 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Diversity, Immigration, Politics, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget
Tags: Albany, Higher Education Officer (HEO), Medgar Evers College, Professional Staff Congress, Undocumented Students / Immigrants, Upward Mobility

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