Brooklyn College

7:30 a.m. Al Sharpton's National Action Network convention beings at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, 811 Seventh Avenue.

10 a.m. Disabled Brooklyn College students will speak out against campus discrimination at Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, in Brooklyn.

10 a.m. Literacy advocates will rally for increased city funding for adult literacy classes at the Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South.

KC Johnson, a Brooklyn College American History professor, is a veteran academic rabblerouser. So it was unsurprising when, last Spring, after allegation surfaced that three Duke University lacrosse players had raped and assaulted a local woman, he decided to weigh in on an open letter signed by 88 members of the Duke arts and sciences faculty.

The letter thanked protesters who had appeared at a rally to condemn the accused students before they were found guilty in a court of law.  read more »

Edward Murphy lost his seat in 1898. No Dem since then has been unseated in New York State, meaning that Chuck's probably Senator-for-life if he wants to be. Credit here goes to K.C. Johnson of Brooklyn College, himself nearly denied tenure in the History Department because he knows stuff like this. You know, history stuff.  read more »