Queens College, Public university in Flushing, Queens, United States
Queens College is a public university in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The campus includes dozens of buildings with lecture halls, laboratories, theaters, and administrative facilities spread across a large green site.
The college opened in 1937 on the former site of the New York Parental School, following a recommendation by Mayor La Guardia's committee. It became part of the City University of New York system and originally focused on teacher training.
The Benjamin Rosenthal Library maintains extensive archives related to civil rights movements and musical collections, serving researchers and students.
The campus is about 20 minutes by subway from Manhattan and can be reached by several bus lines. Visitors can enter the grounds during opening hours, though some buildings may require prior registration.
The library houses archives on civil rights movements and extensive music collections available to researchers. A student named Andrew Goodman left in 1964 to work on voter registration in Mississippi and was killed there.
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