Flier demanding open admissions for black and hispanic students
date: label: Date
content: July 1970
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: The City University of New York, American, founded 1847
label: Subject of
content: The New York Times, American, founded 1851
notes: label: Description
content: A mimeographed flier with a mix of handwritten text and newspaper clippings reproduced in purple ink on white paper, demanding open admissions for black and Hispanic students to the City University of New York (CUNY) four year colleges. The handwritten text reads [ENOUGH MONEY / FOR WHITE / PRIVATE SCHOO/ GRADUATES, WHITE / PUBLIC SCHOOL / GRADUATES, WHITE / FIREMEN, WHITE / POLICEMEN / ENOUGH MONEY / FOR EVERY BODY / BUT THE MAJORITY. / WE DEMAND / DEMAND / 200 MORE BLACKS / + PUERTO RICANS / TO BE / ADDED TO / SEPTEMBERS / FRESHMEN / CLASS. / Committee / for / 200 more. / WE DEMAND OPEN ADMISSION TO THE FOUR YEAR COLLEGES OF THE CITY / UNIVERSITY FOR THE BLACK + HISPANIC / MAJORITY.]. There are three newspaper clippings reproduced on the flier. One with a partially visible headline that reads [Offered Nurses Training by City] at the top left. At top right, from the New York Times, the headline reads [SCHOOL 'MINORITY' / IS NOW MAJORITY / Black and Hispanic Pupils / Here are 55% of Total]. The back of the flier is blank except for a stamp in the bottom right that reads [JUL 1970].
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.27.82
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)