Columbia University protests of 1968

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Columbia_University_protests_of_1968

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event protest
gptkbp:arrested	over 700
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:documentedIn	book 'Up Against the Ivy Wall' film 'Columbia Revolt' book 'Student Power, Democracy and Revolution in the Sixties'
gptkbp:endDate	1968-04-30
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Columbia University protests of 1968
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:anti-Vietnam_War_movement 1960s counterculture
gptkbp:legacy	increased student activism changes in university governance inspired other campus protests
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:The_New_York_Times gptkb:Time_magazine
gptkbp:method	gptkb:March protest building occupation
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Ray_Brown gptkb:Tom_Hayden gptkb:Mark_Rudd gptkb:David_Shapiro
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Columbia_University_administration gptkb:Morningside_Park_gymnasium Columbia's involvement in military research
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Students_for_a_Democratic_Society gptkb:Student_Afro-American_Society
gptkbp:policeInvolved	gptkb:New_York_City_Police_Department
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:May_1968_events_in_France gptkb:Kent_State_shootings gptkb:Berkeley_Free_Speech_Movement
gptkbp:result	arrests of students resignation of university president Grayson Kirk suspension of students halt of gymnasium construction
gptkbp:startDate	1968-04-23
gptkbp:topic	gptkb:Vietnam_War civil rights university expansion
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1968_student_movement gptkb:1968_protests gptkb:Students_for_a_Democratic_Society gptkb:Vietnam_War_protests gptkb:May_1968_student_protests
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6