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Student movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Queens College Campus Unrest Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCA-0030
Abstract: The Queens College Campus Unrest Collection contains papers, correspondence, and flyers regarding the Spring 1969 sit-in protest of the social science building by the Ad Hoc Committee to End Political Suppression. The protest was in defense of the three members of the Students for a Democratic Society who were arrested and charged for leading a protest for the removal of General Electric recruiters from QC campus. The sit-in lasted four days resulting in the arrests of thirty-eight students...
Dates: 1968-1970
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Queens College Campus Unrest Collection

Sheila Delany Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SCA-0015
Abstract

From 1967-1969, Dr. Sheila Delany taught English Literature at Queens College. In November 1968, the English Department's decision not to rehire Delany contributed to campus upheveal that occurred in the spring of 1969. This collection documents the department's decision and protests associated with her plight, as well as a subsequent job offer in the SEEK program that was later retracted. Materials include correspondence, fliers, and clippings.

Dates: 1968 - 1974
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Sheila Delany Papers

Wally Rosenthal Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: QMP-0002
Scope and Contents

This interview covers topics such as growing up in Flushing in the 1950s; being brought up in a leftist/progressive home; civil rights movement activities he and his older brothers participated in at Queens College and in Flushing in the early to mid-1960s; and later activism in which Rosenthal was a participant.

Dates: 2011-03-11
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Wally Rosenthal Oral History

Wally Rosenthal Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SCA-0134
Scope and Contents Student activism materials circa late 1960s and early 1970s, including documentation of the Counter Commencement held in 1969. Invitation to 6/3/69 Counter Commencement in the Phoenix Counter Commencement Program 1969 Counter Commencement Speech by Ekkehart Krippendorff 1969 Wally Rosenthal Platform and Policy Statement for Student Assocation...
Dates: 1969
Found in: Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives / Wally Rosenthal Papers
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