United States student protests of the 1960s

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The United States student protests of the 1960s were a nationwide wave of campus-based activism challenging the Vietnam War, racial injustice, and university governance, helping to reshape American politics and higher education.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf social movement ⓘ
student movement ⓘ
aimedAt challenging traditional campus rules ⓘ
democratizing university governance ⓘ
ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ
expanding civil rights ⓘ
increasing student participation in decision-making ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
civil rights era ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1969 ⓘ
hasMainSubject Vietnam War ⓘ
academic freedom ⓘ
antiwar activism ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
draft resistance ⓘ
free speech ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
university governance ⓘ
hasPart Black student strikes ⓘ
Columbia University protests of 1968 ⓘ
Free Speech Movement ⓘ
anti-Vietnam War campus protests ⓘ
student strikes of 1968 ⓘ
influenced American politics ⓘ
campus disciplinary policies ⓘ
creation of ethnic studies programs ⓘ
curriculum reform ⓘ
expansion of student rights ⓘ
higher education in the United States ⓘ
university governance reforms ⓘ
influencedBy Beat Generation ⓘ
Free Speech Movement ⓘ
anti-nuclear movement ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
location Colleges and universities across the United States ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
Howard University ⓘ
Kent State University ⓘ
San Francisco State College ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
movement New Left ⓘ
opposed United States involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ
authoritarian university administration ⓘ
institutional racism ⓘ
military draft ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
opposedBy police ⓘ
some state and federal authorities ⓘ
university administrations ⓘ
organizer Black Student Unions ⓘ
linked to: Black Student Union

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
Students for a Democratic Society ⓘ
campus antiwar committees ⓘ
participant college students ⓘ
faculty allies ⓘ
graduate students ⓘ
high school students ⓘ
university students ⓘ
result changes in university governance structures ⓘ
expansion of ethnic and Black studies programs ⓘ
greater recognition of student rights ⓘ
increased public opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
slogan Hell no, we won’t go ⓘ
Make love, not war ⓘ
Power to the people ⓘ
Student power ⓘ
startTime 1960 ⓘ
usedMethod building occupation ⓘ
conscientious objection ⓘ
draft card burning ⓘ
march ⓘ
mass demonstration ⓘ
sit-in ⓘ
strike ⓘ
teach-in ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 → partOf → United States student protests of the 1960s ⓘ
Hair (1979 film) → mainSubject → United States in the 1960s ⓘ
subject linked to: Hair
linked to: United States student protests of the 1960s