At the August 28 meeting of the Community College Council, the name Medgar Evers was agreed upon, and on September 28, 1970, it became the official name of what had formerly been known as College No.7 in Central Brooklyn. It was also announced that President Trent had received a letter from Governor Rockefeller officially approving the College as a four-year CUNY institution. This letter confirmed the Board’s earlier vote in 1969 that recreated Community College No.7 as a four-year institution of CUNY. Though it had taken over six years of hard work by community activists, Medgar Evers College was finally acknowledged by CUNY and the State of New York.

FLORENCE TAGER & ZALA HIGHSMITH-TAYLOR. MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE: THE PURSUIT OF A COMMUNIY DREAM