Africana & Puerto Rican Studies History on The Laura Flanders Show

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE Film on the Fight for Multicultural Education featured in The Laura Flanders Show

Third World Newsreel
2 min readSep 5, 2023

How did Black and Latinx students join forces with working-class whites to transform their college campus, change the curriculum and fight for self-determination? That’s the story at the center of the film “Making the Impossible Possible.”

In a back-to-school special from The Laura Flanders Show, learn about the winning student-led movement that ultimately brought open admissions, Africana Studies Departments and Puerto Rican Studies Departments to Brooklyn College, a part of the City University of New York (CUNY). Watch the story on The Laura Flanders Show here: bit.ly/3sERYDN

Guests include:

Askia Davis: Former Superintendent of Schools, Harlem, NYC; Former Deputy Regional Superintendent, Bronx, NYC

Sonia Nieto: Professor Emerita, Language, Literacy & Culture, College of Education UMass, Amherst; Member, National Academy of Education

Antonio Nieves: Director of Pharmacy, Caribbean Health Outreach; Founder, Puerto Rican Institute & the Afro American Institute, Brooklyn College

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE was produced by APREE, directed by Tami Gold and Pam Sporn, and distributed by Third World Newsreel.

Streaming on TWN On Demand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mtipfilm Educational Screenings: twn.org/film.aspx?rec=1531

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE poster

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Third World Newsreel is a media arts organization that fosters independent, social justice BIPOC films.