Letter from CUNY Chancellor Albert Bowker: Stating Commitment to Community Involvement
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‘Dear Mr. Pinkston: _
1 have been given a ctvguremain tee pre A my staff of ‘the meeting |
held in Baddord=Stuyvesant Saturday, February 10th under the sponsorship
of your agency. -I greatly regret that ? myself could not attend.
} am, however, pleased to know of the decision on Saturday for y .
Tyvelvenent of the-entlre community. This Is exactly what Twont, and bo
want you to know you hava my whole-hearted support to effect the bast :
a machinery to make our college in Bedfordestuyvesant a Mie fe oy js
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; TE will be tn or near Bedfordes uyvesant, and :
that it wlll be orlented to the Bedford-Stuyvesant ane
community and will be operated in Semel Fatt oy with ty
the community."* ‘ie 7
1 (2) VenveenewenThe proposed new Bedford-Stuyvasant college .° a ae '
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the total commnity. it will have a community board,
ft will be rooted fn the Ghotto community but will
embrace and have access to the total, educatsonal
resources of the City University." | if
t wish to commend you and your agency on your leadershtp role In ae’ ‘id
this matter, § look forward to a co-partnership that will effect for ys pany i
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i tedford=Stuyvesant and neighboring communities. . ; ue Ps
Very truly yours, ; “ a. . i
Albert H. Bowker Ewes
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Executive Director Ai
Bcdford=Stuyvesant Youth-IneAction, Inc. : Lt ; i
3180 Fulton Street yas & le
Brooklya, How York int > See
‘Dear Mr. Pinkston: _
1 have been given a ctvguremain tee pre A my staff of ‘the meeting |
held in Baddord=Stuyvesant Saturday, February 10th under the sponsorship
of your agency. -I greatly regret that ? myself could not attend.
} am, however, pleased to know of the decision on Saturday for y .
Tyvelvenent of the-entlre community. This Is exactly what Twont, and bo
want you to know you hava my whole-hearted support to effect the bast :
a machinery to make our college in Bedfordestuyvesant a Mie fe oy js
Ke i wish to refer you Lo two quotations from my stotenent of
maaaearY Ist: - :
; TE will be tn or near Bedfordes uyvesant, and :
that it wlll be orlented to the Bedford-Stuyvesant ane
community and will be operated in Semel Fatt oy with ty
the community."* ‘ie 7
1 (2) VenveenewenThe proposed new Bedford-Stuyvasant college .° a ae '
: ° will be oriented toward the neighboring communi ty=-- ie 4
the total commnity. it will have a community board,
ft will be rooted fn the Ghotto community but will
embrace and have access to the total, educatsonal
resources of the City University." | if
t wish to commend you and your agency on your leadershtp role In ae’ ‘id
this matter, § look forward to a co-partnership that will effect for ys pany i
~ * the quality college oducation wa both desire for our youngsters in -
i tedford=Stuyvesant and neighboring communities. . ; ue Ps
Very truly yours, ; “ a. . i
Albert H. Bowker Ewes
Chancellor rs :
Title
Letter from CUNY Chancellor Albert Bowker: Stating Commitment to Community Involvement
Description
This is the first of three letters sent on February 12, 1968 from Chancellor Albert Bowker in regards to his absence from a community meeting in Bedford Stuyvesant on February 10. In this letter to Walter Pinkston, executive director of Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action, the chancellor informs the chairman of Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth in Action that he has received a comprehensive report of the meeting from his staff and that he is committed to "the involvement of the entire community" in the creation of CUNY's new college.
Bowker's presence at the meeting had earlier been urgently requested by Pinkston who felt that the community for whom the college was intended was being purposefully excluded from the planning process. Despite Bowker's assurances, tensions between CUNY officials and the Bedford-Stuyvesant community would remain constant throughout Medgar Evers College's development.
Bowker's presence at the meeting had earlier been urgently requested by Pinkston who felt that the community for whom the college was intended was being purposefully excluded from the planning process. Despite Bowker's assurances, tensions between CUNY officials and the Bedford-Stuyvesant community would remain constant throughout Medgar Evers College's development.
Contributor
Tager, Florence
Creator
Bowker, Albert
Date
February 12, 1968
Language
English
Relation
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Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Source
CUNY Central Archives
Bowker, Albert. Letter. “Letter from CUNY Chancellor Albert Bowker: Stating Commitment to Community Involvement”. 2481, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/331
Time Periods
1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
