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A History of Student Protests


Student Activism in College: A History of Campus Protests

From riots over butter to protests against tuition increases, student activists have spoken out for centuries. In fact, campus activism has played a major role ...

Student activism - Wikipedia

In addition to education, student groups often play central roles in democratization and winning civil rights. City University of Hong Kong students staging a ...

11 Student Protests That Changed The World | Human Rights Careers

The student protests began after riot police were sent to deal with a fight between high school students. When the police failed, the army arrived, killing a ...

Student Activism History - Research Guides - Washington University

The Washington University Liberation Front (WULF) developed out of anti-war and anti-ROTC protests and sentiments in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This ...

A History of Campus Protests - The New York Times Upfront

In recent years, college students have protested everything from climate change to income inequality and gun violence. The latest protest ...

Student Activism - About JSTOR

A project to gather primary source materials surrounding student activism is important to help understand the history of protest movements.

Lesson: Student Protest Then and Now

Introduce students to the history of student protest on campus and how activists throughout history laid the groundwork for today's robust protections.

The history of student movements and how campus protests ... - Vox

Today's protests have a lot in common with anti-apartheid protests of the 1980s. A better analogy for today's protests might be the anti- ...

US has long history of college protests: What happened in the past?

In the past, free speech sit-ins quickly escalated into massive rallies, Vietnam War college demonstrations turned deadly and US civil rights protests ended in ...

In pictures: A lookback at student protest movements in the US | CNN

Among the earliest student-led protests against the South African apartheid regime came in 1966 when members of the Student Nonviolent ...

A History of Student Protests, 1924-2024 | Autostraddle

A long history of student organizing and activism that has always existed in this country. When you zoom out, it would seem like American culture's ...

Student Protest History - LAist

The earliest accounts of student activism can be traced back to the American Revolution, according to Hostos Community College Historian Angus Johnston.

Famous Student Protests From Around the World | Stacker

The first major student-led event occurred when a group of Black students refused to leave an F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, launching a ...

Protests on campus: a history of student protests - Stylos

During the 19th and early 20th century, student protests became more politically charged. These protests started gaining popularity in the mid- ...

A (short) history of student protests in America - YouTube

What can history teach us about repression of student protests on college c campuses in America? We went to UC Berkeley, home of the Free ...

Has every cause of mass student protest in the US eventually ...

Protests started with a group of Ole Miss students, but the group soon swelled with out-of-state volunteers, including members from the Ku Klux Klan.

Vietnam War: Student Activism - Antiwar and Radical History Project

The Black Student Union at UW, founded in 1968, led a series of strikes, sit-ins, and protests and radically changed what had been a largely all-white campus.

Lesson Plan: A History of Campus Protests

Ask students to read the Upfront article about the history of student protests. Review why the article is a secondary source.

History of Student Protests ‑ South Africa, China, Tiananmen

Most protests have been peaceful; however, in many cases students put their lives on the line for their voices to be heard. Here are nine historic student ...

University protests are 'biggest student movement of 21st century ...

History professors weigh in on the significance of student protests on college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war.