Word: rican
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This shook Gallagher and the rest of the Administration. In an obvious attempt to thwart the strike, Dr. Gallagher called for a meeting with the Black and Puerto Rican Student Community to restore the broken lines of communication. Gallagher said that he supported the whole thrust of the demands. Addressing himself to the Five Demands, Dr. Gallagher began by saving that he expected Professor Wilfred Cartney's report on the establishment of a Black and Puerto Rican Studies Program in a few weeks. Dr. Cartney, a Black professor of African Literature from Columbia, was hired to assist the students...
...fifth demand, Dr. Gallagher said "I turned this matter over to the School of Education. Recently, they have decided to make Spanish mandatory for all entering education majors. The Spanish requirement will be in effect this fall. The Black and Peurto Rican History and Culture will probably not be implemented this fall...
...Black and Puerto Rican Faculty was there throughout the meeting. Several days later, they issued a statement which questioned some of Gallagher's responses: The following are the questions, demand by demand, that were still unanswered...
...Prof. Cartney committed to a separate school? Are "programs" in Black and Puerto Rican studies the same thing as a separate school? If not, have the students agreed to accept Prof. Cartey's recommendation...
...Personnel Dept. hired to do the job? The current City College bulletin suggests the latter: "Members of the Department conduct a series of orientation classes for all entering students and provide individual orientation interviews" (page 175). Isn't it up to Dr. Gallagher to appoint a Black and Puerto Rican administrative superstructure with which student volunteers can work...