Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt colleges across the US: Live updates
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A history of student protest movements in the US
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Segregation sit-ins
While student protests for racial equality gained the most traction in the 1960s, some of the first demonstrations against segregation took place decades before.
In the 1940s, students at Howard University began practicing what they called a “stool-sitting technique” where students would go to restaurants that denied Black people service and remain seated.
Civil Rights protests
Students across the country protested to demand racial equality in admissions, curriculum that reflected diverse perspectives and more people of color on the faculty.
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Vietnam anti-war protests
The 1960s and 1970s saw a rise in anti-war protests on campuses.
Students demanded the Vietnam war’s end and spoke out against the military draft.
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In 1970, four students were killed and nine others were wounded at Kent State University when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on protesters.
The South African apartheid divestment movement
Between the 1960s and 1980s, US student activists led a movement to pressure universities to cut financial ties with companies doing business with South Africa’s apartheid government.
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Students successfully pressured universities, including in New York, California and North Carolina, to sever financial ties.
Black Lives Matter movement
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The movement demands an end to police violence against Black men.
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