CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York

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Mississippi Freedom Summer

This exhibit consists of photographs and flyers highlighting the participation of Queens College student activists in the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964. In particular, many of these students were involved in the Meridian Freedom School [...]

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Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, NYC Public Schools, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations
Tags: Civil Rights Movement, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), High School, James Forman, Joyce Brown, Mark and Betty Levy, Meridian Freedom School, Protest, Racial Injustice, Robert Moses, Roscoe Jones, Student Activism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Three Who Died for Civil Rights

This exhibit contains items including articles, flyers and logs related to the murders of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney in Mississippi, 1964. Goodman was a student at Queens College at the time of his death. [...]

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Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Diversity, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations
Tags: Andrew Goodman, Civil Rights Movement, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, Protest, Queens College, Racial Injustice, Student Activism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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