Cornell University Willard Straight Hall takeover

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cornell_University_Willard_Straight_Hall_takeover
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath curricular reforms at Cornell
resignation of President James Perkins
gptkbp:cause demand for Black Studies program
protest against racism
gptkbp:city gptkb:Ithaca
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date April 19, 1969
gptkbp:duration 36 hours
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cornell University Willard Straight Hall takeover
gptkbp:influenced student activism in the US
university policies on diversity
gptkbp:location gptkb:Willard_Straight_Hall
gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:Time_magazine
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:media
students were armed
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Cornell_administration
some white students
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Black_Students_United
African American students
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Black_Power_movement
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:result creation of Africana Studies and Research Center
increased attention to racial issues at Cornell
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Black_Campus_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5