The American Prospect
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The City College of New York was an educational gated community that sealed itself off from Harlem .
Film chronicles the revolution in wraparound college academic services designed to offer low-income Black and Latino students the opportunity to attend college.
The Five Demands explores the origin stories of Black students’ fight to integrate City College that culminated in a 1969 student strike.
The Five Demands was released shortly before the Supreme Court struck down college affirmative action programs.
The film offers a timely blueprint for people of conscience to step up to protect the many hard-won rights that are now under assault.
CCNY marked the 50th anniversary of the takeover with a celebration in 2019 .
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