May 14, 1969 Letter from Brooklyn College Acting President George Peck Announcing a Bail Review for Indicted Brooklyn College Students
Item
BROOKLYN COLLEGE
OF
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
BROOKLYN, N. ¥. [1210
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
To the college community
From the acting president
I have been in touch with the Kings County district attorney
this morning regarding bail for the Brooklyn College students indicted
yesterday. He informed me that application has been made by defense
attorneys for a bail review and, if the court approves the review, the
district attorney will waive the 48-hour waiting period stipulated by
law for a hearing. A hearing was tentatively set for 2 p.m. today. —
I would like to reemphasize at this time that no one in the
= college administration had anything whatsoever to do with the preparation
_of charges or the identifying of students named in yesterday's indictment.
acy
The district attorney conducted the investigation on his own initiative
and the judge set the bail. I appreciate the district attorney's readi-
ness to review the bail and it is my hope that the court will resolve the
pane ins a . just: and. equitable manner.
gud also like to. nar pean thet I am. reagy to eonfer with
acu. mb
OF
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
BROOKLYN, N. ¥. [1210
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
MEMORANDUM
To the college community
From the acting president
I have been in touch with the Kings County district attorney
this morning regarding bail for the Brooklyn College students indicted
yesterday. He informed me that application has been made by defense
attorneys for a bail review and, if the court approves the review, the
district attorney will waive the 48-hour waiting period stipulated by
law for a hearing. A hearing was tentatively set for 2 p.m. today. —
I would like to reemphasize at this time that no one in the
= college administration had anything whatsoever to do with the preparation
_of charges or the identifying of students named in yesterday's indictment.
acy
The district attorney conducted the investigation on his own initiative
and the judge set the bail. I appreciate the district attorney's readi-
ness to review the bail and it is my hope that the court will resolve the
pane ins a . just: and. equitable manner.
gud also like to. nar pean thet I am. reagy to eonfer with
acu. mb
Title
May 14, 1969 Letter from Brooklyn College Acting President George Peck Announcing a Bail Review for Indicted Brooklyn College Students
Description
A May 14, 1969 memo from Brooklyn College (BC) Acting President George Peck informed the college community about a bail review for BC students arrested during protests on the campus. The memo also stated Peck's commitment to confer with student leaders about the 18 demands presented by Puerto Rican and African-American students a month earlier.
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 (CUNY) 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 (CUNY) 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.
Contributor
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Peck, George A.
Date
May 14, 1969
Language
English
Relation
13932
13922
13912
13892
14142
14152
Rights
Public Domain
Source
Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Peck, George A. Letter. “May 14, 1969 Letter from Brooklyn College Acting President George Peck Announcing a Bail Review for Indicted Brooklyn College Students”. 13932, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/2121