CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

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

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School Boycott

This exhibition includes flyers promoting The School Boycott which occurred on February 3rd, 1964. It was organized by local New York City civil rights leaders, and members of the NAACP and CORE. More than 450,000 students boycotted their public [...]

Item Type: Hyperlink
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Board of Higher Education, NYC Public Schools, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations
Tags: Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Movement, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), High School, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Parents' Workshop for Equality, Protest, Racial Injustice, Student Activism, Student Help Project
"Umbrella Strikes Again!" Flier

This flier promotes an April 14, 1937 student protest against City College President Frederick B. Robinson's decision to ban the "Oxford Pledge" from the CCNY campus. The pledge, an American adaptation of the British original, comprised an oath in [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Board of Higher Education, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Anti-War, City College of New York, Frederick B. Robinson, Free Speech, Oxford Pledge, Protest, Student Activism
"Students Fight Faculty Purge At City College"

This article from the New York Daily Mirror discusses an April 23, 1941 student rally at City College (CCNY). The rally, planned initially as an anti-war peace demonstration, was expanded to include a protest against the recent suspension of 11 [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Board of Higher Education, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Anti-War, City College of New York, Communist Party, Free Speech, Harry Wright, Protest, Rapp-Coudert Committee, Student Activism
"Save Hostos Now!"

In March of 1975, the Community Coalition to Save Hostos took over the school in protest over the Board of Higher Education’s decision to close Hostos Community College. This flier announces the occupation of the school and articulates the demands [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, Coalition, Hostos Community College, Protest, Student Activism

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