The Queens College Civil Rights Archives collects personal papers, community materials, organizational records, non-print materials, and artifacts of civil rights activists. The collections are particularly strong in documenting the civil rights work by Queens College students during the early 1960s. The Civil Rights Archive is an active participant in its communities, working with students and alumni of Queens College, local schools, and the city at large.
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Anne Koeppicus Collection
In 1964, Anne Koeppicus, a 55-year-old Cambria Heights resident and mother of three, decided to volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. For three weeks in July 1964, she taught in the Freedom School in Hattiesburg, MS.
While in Mississippi, she stayed with the family of Johnie Mae Walker.
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Resolution Meeting Notes-Second Session
Notes from the second session of the P&B meeting. It gives an account of the happenings of the meeting as well and interactions between the "Concerned Faculty" group. Notes taken by an unknown faculty member (Jon Peterson?).
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"Today we have taken your advice"
An open letter to Queens College students and faculty from the Ah Hoc Committee
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"Student Coalition Rally & Peaceful Walk Through"
A handout from the Student Coalition demanding that they be allowed to peacefully walk through the SS Building
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NY Times cartoon
A NY Times cartoon with a caption