Racial justice in education

Abstract

This collection document the history of The Percy Ellis Sutton Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program at Queens College from 1966 to the present. It contains administrative records, publications, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual materials. SEEK is a higher education opportunity program that played a historic role in opening the City University of New York (CUNY) system to more diverse students populations.

Scope and Contents In the first interview session, which took place on April 6th, 2021, Samuel Anderson and Obden Mondesir discussed Andersons’ early upbringing, exposure to both segregation and racism at a young age, education, and his career that lead to his contributions to the SEEK program at Queens College. Anderson moved several times during his youth, and spent time in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Long Island, Panama, and Connecticut. He attended Pratt Institute and then transferred to Lincoln University for...