CUNY Black Male Initiative

NYPR Archives & Preservation | Oct 12, 2022

Interviews about the CUNY Black Male Initiative at Brooklyn College to mentor and support Black male college students. Interview of Michael Meyers of the New York Civil Rights Coalition about his group's lawsuit against the program as stereotyping Black males. Interview of Elliott Dawes, the administrator of the program, and provost Selma Botman about the program and gender imbalances between Black male to female students. Recorded in March 2007.

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