CUNY Digital History Archive

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A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York. cdha.cuny.edu

Images of historical fliers above workshop details: As you prepare for the spring semester, join the CDHA's Education & Outreach Committee for an interactive workshop on how to engage the CUNY Digital History Archive in your classrooms, libraries, or in your own research. We will explore: - Strategies for using the archive to craft and explore a research question - How artifacts can prompt autobiographical reflection and personal writing - Close and intertextual reading practices through engaging primary sources Friday, January 16, 2026 1-3pm City Tech LIbrary, 300 Jay St., Brooklyn, NY RSVP required. For more info: cdha@gc.cuny.edu
Black and white photo from the 1970s, with activists climbing a chain-link fence to hang a banner in front of the "500 Building." The banner has text in Spanish and English that reads, "Este edificio pertenece al colegio eugenio maria de hostos. This building bleongs to Hostos Community College"
Front page of the bilingual student newspaper at Hostos (De Hostos Echo) dated November/December 1975. Headline says "Thousands march to save Hostos" with a black and white image of a march outside Chase Manhattan Bank on 149th Street and 3rd Avenue in the South Bronx. Visible signs say: "Education is your right - fight" and "Don't let Hostos die, no more cutbacks"
Close-up of a small felt bird with a cute scarf and hat, wearing a big blue pin that says “CUNY is contingent on us,” with the CUNY Digital History Archive homepage visible in the background.
Black and white protest flier. Headline says: Black Students Union and Black organizations demonstration against genocide and racism in the city's university, at the United Nations Building, 1 UN Plaza, April 9, 1976, 12pm. Paul Robeson Birthday. Line drawing of the UN building and student protestors beneath, birds and flags visible overhead. One student wears a Hostos sweatshirt and another wears Hunter College, and signs for John Jay, Medgar Evers, Staten Island, and Bronx Community College are visible. Another sign says: We want to see black people live again.