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Oral History Interview with Carlos "Indio" Alejandro

In this oral history interview with Reverend Carlos "Indio" Alejandro, chaplain and former student-activist at Brooklyn College during the early 1970s, Alejandro emphasized the importance of a collective racial, linguistic, and national unity that [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: BC19, BC44, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 44, Criminalization of Students, Lolita Lebron, machismo, Maria Sanchez, Milga Morales Nadal, Multicultural, Multiracial, Open Admissions, P.R.A., Paulo Freire, Pedro Albizu Campos, police brutality, President John W. Kneller, Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican Diaspora, Rikers Island, Social Justice, Stuyvesant High School, Willy Rodriguez, Yoruba
Oral History Interview with Dr. Milga Morales Nadal

Retiring as Vice President of Student Affairs at Brooklyn College, an office she occupied as a student activist in the late 1960s, Dr. Milga Morales Nadal, shares details about the Puerto Rican student movement at the college. She described the [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Bilingual Education, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: 18 Demands, A.P.R.E.E., Alliance for Puerto Rican Education and Empowerment, ASPIRA, B.L.A.C., BC44, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 44, Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians, Carmen Dinos, Civil Rights Movement, College Discovery Program, Escuela Infantil Bilingue, Ethnic Studies, Gowanus, Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Guyanilla, Herminio Vargas, Institute of Afro-American Studies, Institute of Puerto Rican Studies, Josephine Nieves, La Playita, Language Acquisition, Latino Faculty and Staff, Local 1199, Maria Sanchez, Massacre de Ponce, Open Admissions, P.R., P.R.A., President Office Takeover, Puerto Rican Alliance, Puerto Rican Diaspora, Puerto Rican Music, Puerto Rican Studies, Puerto Rico, S.D.S., SEEK, Sonia Nieto, Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam War, W.E.B. DuBois Club, Young Lords Organization
Oral History Interview with Esther Farmer

In this oral history with Esther Farmer, a self-identified Palestinian-Jew, dancer, and a daughter of activist parents, she recalled details of growing up within a politically engaged household which later informed her activism as a student at CUNY. [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Puerto Rican Studies
Tags: A.P.R.E.E., Alliance for Puerto Rican Education and Empowerment, Allyship, BC19, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College 19, COINTELPRO, Open Admissions, P.R.A., Puerto Rican Alliance, S.D.S., sexism, Shirley Chisholm, Students for a Democratic Society, Vito Marcantonio, Young Lords Organization

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