Unsigned July 27, 1969 Letter from "Concerned Members of the Negotiation Team" to Al Vann
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Mr. Albert Vann, Chairman
Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition for
Educational Needs and Services
Room 602, Hotel Granada
268 Ashland Place
Brooklyn, New York 11217
Dear Mr. Vann:
In view of the present circumstances in
the quest for Community College #7, we would appre-
ciate your postponing the Coalition meeting now:
scheduled for Thursday, July 31, 1969. It is further
requested that you, as Chairman of the Negotiating
Team, and the 14 members meet at the earliest possible
date. Following such a meeting, we can then reschedule
an executive session of the twenty-five Coalition mem-
bers plus our legislators. Please sentact either Mr.
Randall M. Coppin at 697-4400, extension $33, or Mr.
Charles Bale at 636-7355, so that we can arrange a
time and place fer such a meeting.
We shall appreeiate a response by August
4, 1969.
i. ‘Sincerely yours,
Concerned Members of the
Negotiating Team
“ees Dr. Frederick H. Burkhardt
Members of the Negotiating Team
Honorable Shirley Chisholm .
Honoreble Thomas R. Fortune
Honorable Waldaba Stewart
Honorable Sam Wright
Nonorable William Thompsons
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Mr. Albert Vann, Chairman
Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition for
Educational Needs and Services
Room 602, Hotel Granada
268 Ashland Place
Brooklyn, New York 11217
Dear Mr. Vann:
In view of the present circumstances in
the quest for Community College #7, we would appre-
ciate your postponing the Coalition meeting now:
scheduled for Thursday, July 31, 1969. It is further
requested that you, as Chairman of the Negotiating
Team, and the 14 members meet at the earliest possible
date. Following such a meeting, we can then reschedule
an executive session of the twenty-five Coalition mem-
bers plus our legislators. Please sentact either Mr.
Randall M. Coppin at 697-4400, extension $33, or Mr.
Charles Bale at 636-7355, so that we can arrange a
time and place fer such a meeting.
We shall appreeiate a response by August
4, 1969.
i. ‘Sincerely yours,
Concerned Members of the
Negotiating Team
“ees Dr. Frederick H. Burkhardt
Members of the Negotiating Team
Honorable Shirley Chisholm .
Honoreble Thomas R. Fortune
Honorable Waldaba Stewart
Honorable Sam Wright
Nonorable William Thompsons
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Title
Unsigned July 27, 1969 Letter from "Concerned Members of the Negotiation Team" to Al Vann
Description
On July 27, 1969, “Concerned members of the Negotiation Team” of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition on Educational Needs and Services (B-SCENS) drafted a letter to Al Vann, Chairman of the B-SCENS and the Negotiation Team, asking that he postpone an upcoming coalition meeting, instead meeting with the “fourteen members.” Those “fourteen” were likely a group of B=SCENS members who had written directly to City University of New York (CUNY) Chancellor Albert Bowker a month earlier, formally dissenting from the stance Vann had taken in deliberations over the selection of president for CUNY's proposed Community College 7.
In February 1968, the City University of New York (CUNY) announced plans to establish a new “Community College 7 in or near Bedford-Stuyvesant. . . oriented to the Bedford-Stuyvesant Community and operated in consultation with the community.” Representatives of a broad network of Central Brooklyn community organizations engaged in an 18 months-long negotiation with CUNY Board of Higher Education officials over CUNY’s plans for its newly announced “Community College 7,” including discussions about the proposed school’s curriculum, who would lead it, and what role the community would play in the school’s governance. The role of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community in planning and determining the leadership of the college remained a central point of controversy between Central Brooklyn’s educational and civil society leaders and CUNY officials in the negotiations that followed.
Contributor
Woodsworth, Michael
Date
July 27, 1969
Language
English
Source
Donald Watkins Collection (Brooklyn Public Library)
Original Format
Correspondence
“Unsigned July 27, 1969 Letter from ‘Concerned Members of the Negotiation Team’ to Al Vann”. Letter, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2041