Ralph Waldo Emerson led the 19th century Transcendentalist movement, emphasizing self-reliance, individual moral choices, harmony with nature, and a philosophy of daily living not unlike 21st [...]
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 […]
On Friday, February 21, the expertise of Associate Professor Prithi Kanakamedala of BCC’s Department of History was the star of a CBS News New York segment on Black History Month. […]
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 [...]
BCC’s celebration of Constitution and Citizenship Day returned to campus on Tuesday, September 17, the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution. A full house gathered at [...]
