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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 [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Bilingual Education, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities
Tags: Black and Puerto Rican Studies, Buell Gallagher, City College of New York, Harlem, Open Admissions, Police, Protest, SEEK, Student Activism, Student Strike
A Proposal for the Establishment of Community College Number Seven

This proposal for the founding of Community College Number Seven (later named Medgar Evers College) was put forward by the Board of Higher Education in November 1967. In this excerpt (pages 11-15), the Board establishes their desire to place a new [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Admissions, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Community College Number Seven, Curriculum, Medgar Evers College
May 3, 1968, Faculty Council Minutes Supporting a Proposal to Integrate Brooklyn College

As the demand for Open Admissions intensified throughout the CUNY system, Faculty Council Minutes from May 3, 1968, document a discussion regarding the increased enrollment of a more racially, ethnically and culturally reflective and responsive [...]

Item Type: Text (Notes / Minutes)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Faculty Governance, Open Admissions, Puerto Rican Studies
Tags: admissions, African American Students, Afro-American Studies, Black Students, Black Studies, Brooklyn College, Committee on Educational Opportunity, diversity, Faculty Council Minutes, George A. Peck, Hobart S. Jarrett, James Singer, Nathan Schmukler, President Harold Syrett, Puerto Rican Students, Recruitment of non-whites, SEEK
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

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