From 1973-1979, Hostos students, staff, faculty, and community members mobilized three massive campaigns in the South Bronx, each of which accomplished its goal.

There is a reason we use this image on our homepage.

"Students and Faculty Take Over the 500 Building" cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/6...

Hostos was created as part of Open Admissions at CUNY to meet the needs of the Latino community in the South Bronx. First offering classes in 1970, it became the sole bilingual college in the New York City tri-state area.

But Hostos was soon threatened with closure during the 1975 fiscal crisis.

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Here's one of our favorite items that speaks across generations, from a 1976 demonstration at the United Nations organized by the Black Students Union to protest campus closures

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