Telegram from Al Vann: Promising Action if Services and Personnel are Withdrawn
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ALBERT BOWKER, CHANCELLOR , CITY UNIVERSITY
545 EAST 80 ST NYK
OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM REPORTED, ‘AT A FULL ME ETING OF THE BEDFORD
STUYVESTANT o, COMMITTEE THE UNDERSTANDINGS FROM THE
MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE OF JUNE 6TH 19686
THEY FURTHER REPORTED THEIR INABILITY TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY |
WHICH COULE PROVOKE CHAOTIC RAMIFICATIONS , BECAUSE YOU HAVE
BEEN REMISS IN PROVIDING THE BARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PERSONNEL
THAT YOU PROMISED A MONTH AGO. IT WOULD BE TRULY UNFORTUNATE-_
FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BEGIN TO SUSPECT INSINCERITY ONCE AGAIN
ON THE PART OF AN ARM OF THE ESTABLISHMENT « IT IS WITH GREAT
CONCERN THAT THiS COMMUNITY VO¥S TO INITIATE AN ACTION IF YOU
DO NOT FULFILL YOUR GONE STHENT BY THE DATE YOU INDICATED. THURSDAY
JUNE 20 1958
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| WE STERN UN ION
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ALBERT BOWKER, CHANCELLOR , CITY UNIVERSITY
545 EAST 80 ST NYK
OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM REPORTED, ‘AT A FULL ME ETING OF THE BEDFORD
STUYVESTANT o, COMMITTEE THE UNDERSTANDINGS FROM THE
MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE OF JUNE 6TH 19686
THEY FURTHER REPORTED THEIR INABILITY TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY |
WHICH COULE PROVOKE CHAOTIC RAMIFICATIONS , BECAUSE YOU HAVE
BEEN REMISS IN PROVIDING THE BARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PERSONNEL
THAT YOU PROMISED A MONTH AGO. IT WOULD BE TRULY UNFORTUNATE-_
FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BEGIN TO SUSPECT INSINCERITY ONCE AGAIN
ON THE PART OF AN ARM OF THE ESTABLISHMENT « IT IS WITH GREAT
CONCERN THAT THiS COMMUNITY VO¥S TO INITIATE AN ACTION IF YOU
DO NOT FULFILL YOUR GONE STHENT BY THE DATE YOU INDICATED. THURSDAY
JUNE 20 1958
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ALBERT’ VANN BEDFORD STUYVESTANT COALITION BROOKLYN COFE,
ATA SPORTS UNLIMITED YIA NEIGHBORHOOD YCUTH CORP CENTRAL BKLYN
NEIGHBORHOOD COLLEGE RESTORATION CORP CBCC ore NAACP BAPTIST
MINISTERS CONF URBAN LEAGUE’ OF GREATER NY SALVATION ARMY AFRICAN
AMERICAN STUDENTS: ASSN FANCO PTA DISTRICT 16 & $5 BROTHERS
AND SISTERSMR AFRO AMERICAN UNITY ASP IRA GRASS ROOTS INC PARENTS
COMMUNITY COUNCIL MODEL CITIES
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Title
Telegram from Al Vann: Promising Action if Services and Personnel are Withdrawn
Description
This telegram was sent from Al Vann to CUNY Chancellor Albert Bowker. Vann, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition. Vann writes the message on behalf of the Coalition's member organizations in an effort to challenge the university to deliver on its promise of space and financial support for the community's representatives on the Presidential Search Committee. Failing this, Vann warns of organized community "action."
The community's presence on the committee was an achievement in itself and followed months of efforts from neighborhood organizations and individuals. Over the course of Medgar Evers College's creation, CUNY officials and Bedford-Stuyvesant community members often clashed, and this particular dispute is just one example of the several that arose from the community's efforts to exert influence over their college's development.
The community's presence on the committee was an achievement in itself and followed months of efforts from neighborhood organizations and individuals. Over the course of Medgar Evers College's creation, CUNY officials and Bedford-Stuyvesant community members often clashed, and this particular dispute is just one example of the several that arose from the community's efforts to exert influence over their college's development.
Contributor
Tager, Florence
Creator
Vann, Al
Date
June 18, 1968
Language
English
Relation
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Source
CUNY Central Archives
Vann, Al. Letter. “Telegram from Al Vann: Promising Action If Services and Personnel Are Withdrawn”. 2672, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/349