student protests Flashcards
1
Q
reasons for unprecedented numbers of student protests during the 60’s?
A
- Kennedy “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”
- influence of CRM
- being treated like kids by college authorities
2
Q
what protest occurred in Michigan 1962?
A
SNCC and CORE met at Port Hurton Michigan and protested for a changing political and social system
3
Q
what sparked protests at columbia uni ?
A
- students were against supporting and offering research for weapons in the Vietnam war
- prejudice against Hispanic students who had to go through a separate door to get tot the gym “gym crow”
4
Q
?what did students do at the columbia uni
A
scattered pictures of Malcolm X around the uni
5
Q
when was the Berkeley free speech movement?
A
1964 December at the university California at Berkeley
6
Q
who was the key speaker at the Berkeley movement?
A
Mario Savio
