Developed by Dr. Rojo Robles, Baruch College
This teaching material was developed as a result of the CUNY 1969 Teach-in & Retreat that took place in Summer 2024. The assignment asks students to engage with historical primary documents of CUNY 1969 creatively by crafting a blackout poem that highlights themes, emotions, or significant moments related to the emergence of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at City College and beyond.
The Teaching Material
Assignment type:
Writing Assignment
Keywords:
Creative, Archive, Writing, Poems, Reflections
Faculty Information
Dr. Rojo Robles is a Puerto Rican writer, filmmaker, and scholar specializing in Latin American, Latinx, and Afro-diasporic literature, cinema, and culture. He holds degrees in Theater (BA), Comparative Literature (MA), and Latin American and Latinx cultures (MPhil; Ph.D.) and is an Assistant Professor at the Black and Latinx Studies Department at Baruch College, CUNY. As a scholar, Dr. Robles has published articles in various journals like SX Salon| Small Axe Project, Voces del Caribe, the Puerto Rico Review, Taller Electric Marronage, Revista Cruce, Revista Iberoamericana, and Transmodernity. He is working on a book and a series of articles exploring Afro-Diasporican maroon poetics and cinegraphic literature. He co-hosts the Latinx Visions podcast and is the co-director of the Black Studies Colloquium.
Licensing Information
“Creating a Blackout Poem Using Primary Documents from the “CUNY 1969” Website” is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA. This license allows re-users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
“Creating a Blackout Poem Using Primary Documents from the “CUNY 1969” Website” created by Dr. Rojo Robles is an open educational resource (OER).
