Columbia Revolt

About

"In April 1968, black and white students rebelled against the university administration, occupying five buildings, including the president's office in one of the first campus revolts of the Civil Rights/Vietnam War era. The revolt began as a protest against university expansion into neighboring communities and its role as a slum lord. After five days of student control, the administrators and trustees ordered the police to clear the buildings. What resulted was an unprecedented display of brutality and repression. Narrated by one of the student rebels, the detailed eyewitness account of this event galvanized other campus revolts around the country." (https://www.twn.org/catalog/pages/responsive/cpage.aspx?rec=886&card=price. accessed: 2024-05-06)

Includes footage of the Grateful Dead performing on Low Library Plaza on May 3, 1968.

Archive

Internet Archive, in Prelinger Archives

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Credit

Newsreel

Language

English

Subtitles

English (automatic)

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