Columbia University protests of 1968

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The Columbia University protests of 1968 were a major student-led uprising against university policies and the Vietnam War, emblematic of the radical activism and campus unrest associated with the New Left in the late 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political demonstration ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
student protest ⓘ
university campus protest ⓘ
chronology occurred during the global wave of protests in 1968 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource The Bust: Columbia ’68 by Paul A. Cowan ⓘ
Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn ⓘ
various contemporary newspaper reports ⓘ
endDate 1968-04-30 ⓘ
hasCause demands for greater student participation in university governance ⓘ
opposition to Columbia University’s affiliation with the Institute for Defense Analyses ⓘ
opposition to Columbia University’s involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ
opposition to construction of a segregated gymnasium in Morningside Park ⓘ
solidarity with the New Left and antiwar movement ⓘ
hasEffectOn public debate over university ties to the military ⓘ
reputation of Columbia University ⓘ
subsequent campus protests in the United States ⓘ
location Columbia University ⓘ
Morningside Heights, Manhattan ⓘ
linked to: Morningside Heights
mainLocation Avery Hall ⓘ
Columbia University campus ⓘ
Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park ⓘ
Fayerweather Hall ⓘ
Hamilton Hall ⓘ
Low Memorial Library ⓘ
Mathematics Hall ⓘ
numberOfArrests over 700 ⓘ
opposedBy Columbia University administration ⓘ
New York City Police Department ⓘ
organizer Columbia University students ⓘ
Student Afro-American Society ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
partOf 1960s student movement ⓘ
New Left ⓘ
opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
result Columbia University’s withdrawal from the Institute for Defense Analyses ⓘ
cancellation of Columbia University’s gym project in Morningside Park ⓘ
heightened national attention to campus activism ⓘ
increased student participation in decision-making ⓘ
radicalization of segments of the student movement ⓘ
reforms in university governance ⓘ
significantEvent faculty strike following police intervention ⓘ
mass arrests of students ⓘ
occupation of Hamilton Hall ⓘ
occupation of Low Memorial Library ⓘ
occupation of multiple campus buildings ⓘ
police raid on occupied buildings ⓘ
startDate 1968-04-23 ⓘ

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New Left → hasNotableEvent → Columbia University protests of 1968 ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society → notableEvent → 1968 Columbia University protests ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University protests of 1968
global 1968 movement → hasPart → Columbia University protests of 1968 ⓘ
Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park → associatedWithEvent → 1968 Columbia University protests ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University protests of 1968
Columbia University gym construction site in Morningside Park → catalystFor → 1968 Columbia University student strike ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University protests of 1968
The Bust: Columbia ’68 → mainSubject → 1968 Columbia University protests ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University protests of 1968
Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis → mainSubject → 1968 Columbia University protests ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University protests of 1968
United States student protests of the 1960s → hasPart → Columbia University protests of 1968 ⓘ