18 Student Demands presented in Spring 1969 to Brooklyn College Administration
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"BROOKLYN BOLLSCE DEMA:DS: 5
WE DEMAI'D THAT ALL BLACK AND PUERTO ICANN STUDENTS WHO APPLY
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FOR ADMISSION SHO'NLD BE ACCEPTED DESPITE THEIR ACADEMIC ECO WD.
2. WE DEMAND THAT A TUTORIAL PROGRAM BE INSTITUTED TO AID AYD
ASSIST STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FULFILLING THEIR SCHOLASTIC POTEY TIAL.
3. WE DEMAND THAT NO COURSE SHOULD BE DESIGNAT™D AS RROUIRED AND
THAT MANDATORY ATTENDANCE BE ABOLISHED.
4. WE DEMAND THAT AFRO-AMERICAN AYD PUERTORICAY INSTITUTIONS BE
RESPECTED AS SUCH AND BE CONTROLLED BY THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND
THE COMMUNITY,
5. WE OEMAND THAT ALL BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAI, WARFAYE RESEARCH AND
CIA ACTIVITIES BE COMPLETELY DISMISSED FROM THE CAMPUS.
6. WE DEMAND THAT A LOUNGE IN THE STUDENT CENTE? BE DUSIGNATED AS
A CULTURAL CENTER FORTHE BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN STUDEMTS.
7. WE DEMAND THAT THE ADMDIISTRATION NO LONGER POSSESS THE OPTION
TO RAISE CAMPUS FEES OR COSTS, ETC. WITHOUT A STUDENT COYSENSUS.
8. WE DEMAYD THAT SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BE GIVEY TO NEEDY
STUDENTS,
9. WE DEMAND AN INCREASE I! THE TUMBER OF BLACK awp PUERTO UICAY
TEACHE’S EMPLOYED Ol CAMPUS.
10. WE DEMAND THAT PROFESSORS FO WD, SLOTNIK, ZIMMERMAN, FAGAN IS
AYD BSANDSTEIY BE MAINTAINED IN THEIR POSITIONS AND THAT THE
ENTIRE STUDENT BODY BE CONSULTED CONCERNING THE HIRING AND FIRING
OF TE&CHERS.
11. WE DEMAYD THE DISMISSAL OF ALL TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS WHO
HAVE DEMONSTRATED RACISTS TENDENCIES. |
12. WE DEMAND THE APPROPRIATION OF AN OFFICE TO BE USED FOR TUTORIFG
AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, |
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"BROOKLYN BOLLSCE DEMA:DS: 5
WE DEMAI'D THAT ALL BLACK AND PUERTO ICANN STUDENTS WHO APPLY
l.
FOR ADMISSION SHO'NLD BE ACCEPTED DESPITE THEIR ACADEMIC ECO WD.
2. WE DEMAND THAT A TUTORIAL PROGRAM BE INSTITUTED TO AID AYD
ASSIST STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT FULFILLING THEIR SCHOLASTIC POTEY TIAL.
3. WE DEMAND THAT NO COURSE SHOULD BE DESIGNAT™D AS RROUIRED AND
THAT MANDATORY ATTENDANCE BE ABOLISHED.
4. WE DEMAND THAT AFRO-AMERICAN AYD PUERTORICAY INSTITUTIONS BE
RESPECTED AS SUCH AND BE CONTROLLED BY THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND
THE COMMUNITY,
5. WE OEMAND THAT ALL BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAI, WARFAYE RESEARCH AND
CIA ACTIVITIES BE COMPLETELY DISMISSED FROM THE CAMPUS.
6. WE DEMAND THAT A LOUNGE IN THE STUDENT CENTE? BE DUSIGNATED AS
A CULTURAL CENTER FORTHE BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN STUDEMTS.
7. WE DEMAND THAT THE ADMDIISTRATION NO LONGER POSSESS THE OPTION
TO RAISE CAMPUS FEES OR COSTS, ETC. WITHOUT A STUDENT COYSENSUS.
8. WE DEMAYD THAT SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BE GIVEY TO NEEDY
STUDENTS,
9. WE DEMAND AN INCREASE I! THE TUMBER OF BLACK awp PUERTO UICAY
TEACHE’S EMPLOYED Ol CAMPUS.
10. WE DEMAND THAT PROFESSORS FO WD, SLOTNIK, ZIMMERMAN, FAGAN IS
AYD BSANDSTEIY BE MAINTAINED IN THEIR POSITIONS AND THAT THE
ENTIRE STUDENT BODY BE CONSULTED CONCERNING THE HIRING AND FIRING
OF TE&CHERS.
11. WE DEMAYD THE DISMISSAL OF ALL TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS WHO
HAVE DEMONSTRATED RACISTS TENDENCIES. |
12. WE DEMAND THE APPROPRIATION OF AN OFFICE TO BE USED FOR TUTORIFG
AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, |
RLAY <5
Title
18 Student Demands presented in Spring 1969 to Brooklyn College Administration
Description
Puerto Rican and African American students at Brooklyn College (CUNY) co-wrote a list of 18 demands presented to the President of the college in the Spring of 1969. The Puerto Rican Alliance (P.R.A.) at Brooklyn College and the Brooklyn League of Afro-American Collegians (B.L.A.C.) were two student organizations central to the cultural, racial and educational transformation of the Brooklyn College student and faculty bodies, as well as college's curriculum. This list suggests the visionary-utopian goals of a CUNY-wide student movement, including the demand for the immediate implementation of an Open Admissions policy.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
This item is part of the Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (PRSBC) Collection, which covers the largely Puerto Rican-led student movement at Brooklyn College during the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought for the creation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at the college. The collection includes oral history interviews with pioneering student activists, photographs of participants and their struggles, and other archival materials on the fight to create the Puerto Rican Studies Department drawn from the Archives and Special Collections library at Brooklyn College.
Date
April 1969
Language
English
Relation
13912
13902
14122
14132
14152
14142
Rights
Public Domain
Source
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Original Format
Memorandum/Press Release / Statement
“18 Student Demands Presented in Spring 1969 to Brooklyn College Administration”. Letter. 1969. 13912, 1969, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2115