As you look around the room, you see this bulletin board with what looks like some notices and flyers on it. There’s also a picture of the president of City College, Buell G. Gallagher. You’re curious about what’s happening on campus, and amongst all of the stuff on this board, two documents catch your eye.
(adapted from portrait by Charles Basjerville Jr., 1896-1994, from The New York Public Radio Collection)
You notice a bright yellow flyer that says ‘the last straw!!!!!’, by the W.E.B DuBois Club at Queens College.
The W.E.B DuBois Club, “”The Last Straw!!!”,” CUNY Digital History Archive, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/5882.
On the board is what looks like a long official document by CUNY. You see the words ‘academic freedom’ mentioned in this documented, and get curious about what that means.
American Association of University Professors-City University of New York Council, “Resolution,” Queens College Civil Rights Archives, http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/civilrights/items/show/308.