San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969

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The San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 was a landmark student and community protest that demanded ethnic studies programs and greater representation for marginalized groups, helping catalyze the broader Asian American movement and multicultural education in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf protest movement ⓘ
social movement event ⓘ
student strike ⓘ
characterizedBy arrests of student protesters ⓘ
clashes with police ⓘ
mass student walkouts ⓘ
picket lines and building shutdowns ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demanded autonomous School or College of Ethnic Studies ⓘ
community participation in university governance ⓘ
increased hiring of faculty of color ⓘ
open admissions for underrepresented students ⓘ
endTime 1969 ⓘ
hasCause demands for community control over curriculum ⓘ
demands for ethnic studies programs ⓘ
demands for greater representation of marginalized groups ⓘ
opposition to institutional racism in higher education ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to institutionalization of Asian American studies ⓘ
contributed to institutionalization of Black studies ⓘ
contributed to institutionalization of Chicano and Latino studies ⓘ
contributed to institutionalization of Native American studies ⓘ
inspired similar ethnic studies demands at other universities ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered the longest student strike in U.S. history ⓘ
key event in the history of Asian American activism ⓘ
landmark in the development of ethnic studies as an academic field ⓘ
major milestone in the evolution of multicultural education in the United States ⓘ
location San Francisco State College ⓘ
San Francisco, California ⓘ
movement Asian American movement ⓘ
Black Power movement ⓘ
Third World student movement ⓘ
opposedBy California State government authorities ⓘ
San Francisco State College administration ⓘ
San Francisco police department ⓘ
campus police ⓘ
participant Black Student Union at San Francisco State College ⓘ
Third World Liberation Front at San Francisco State College ⓘ
community activists in San Francisco ⓘ
faculty at San Francisco State College ⓘ
students at San Francisco State College ⓘ
partOf United States student protests of the 1960s ⓘ
civil rights era campus activism ⓘ
significantOutcome catalyzed the Asian American movement ⓘ
creation of the first College of Ethnic Studies in the United States ⓘ
establishment of ethnic studies programs ⓘ
increased representation of marginalized groups in curriculum ⓘ
influence on multicultural education in the United States ⓘ
strengthened the broader Third World liberation movement on campuses ⓘ
startTime 1968 ⓘ

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Asian American movement → hasKeyEvent → San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 ⓘ
UC Berkeley Third World Liberation Front strike of 1969 → influenced → San Francisco State College Third World Liberation Front strike ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969
Asian American Political Alliance → supportedMovement → Third World Liberation Front strike at San Francisco State College ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969