Dr. Robert Wechsler (Adjunct Assistant Professor, History) researched, wrote and curated a New Rochelle Public Library exhibit in February 2020 on the Charles W. Dickerson Fife, Drum and Bugle [...]
In 1856, a free black man named José Moreno did something that shook up Cuba’s newly established system of segregated public schools: He applied for a teaching license. Professor Raquel Alicia [...]
Congratulations Class of 2020! You did it — and during one of the toughest semesters of our lifetime. We are so very proud of you all. Good wishes, Faculty and […]
In honor of Black History Month 2020, BCC Reads and Male Empowerment Network (MEN) coordinated the panel discussion “Becoming Woke” featuring Professors Ahmed Reid (History), Prithi [...]
Dr. Robert Wechsler has worked on an exhibit for New Rochelle Public Library on Troop 16, a segregated Boy Scout troop in New Rochelle that morphed into the Charles W. […]
“I read, I go research a certain section, and then I try to write. I think to some extent you have to do some amount of reading around everything because […]
On November 19, 2019 BCC screened award-winning documentary Decade of Fire. The event was co-sponsored by BCC Reads and BCC President’s Conversation Series. We were joined for a talkback [...]
In celebration of Black History Month and Women’s History Month 2019, the President’s Conversation Series celebrates Shirley Chisholm. Come learn more about this New Yorker’s [...]
The Vietnam War was the central political issue of the 1960s and 1970s. This study by Seth Offenbach explains how the conflict shaped modern conservatism. The war caused disputes between […]
