Black Campus Movement (social movement)

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civil rights–era movement social movement student movement

The Black Campus Movement was a nationwide wave of Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought to transform U.S. higher education through demands for racial justice, Black Studies programs, and greater representation and support for Black students and faculty.

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Target entity: Black Campus Movement (social movement)
Context triple: [The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972, relatedTo, Black Campus Movement (social movement)]

A. The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 is a historical study by Ibram X. Kendi that examines how Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s transformed American higher education and advanced the struggle for racial justice on campus.
B. Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a mid-20th-century Black American political and cultural movement that emphasized racial pride, self-determination, and resistance to systemic oppression.
C. Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement was a 1960s–1970s African American artistic and literary movement that promoted Black cultural pride, political empowerment, and experimental forms in poetry, theater, visual arts, and music.
D. Black Consciousness Movement
The Black Consciousness Movement was a South African anti-apartheid ideology and political-cultural movement that emphasized black pride, psychological liberation, and self-reliance, most prominently associated with activist Steve Biko in the 1960s and 1970s.
E. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.
F. None of above. chosen
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Target entity: Black Campus Movement (social movement)
Target entity description: The Black Campus Movement was a nationwide wave of Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought to transform U.S. higher education through demands for racial justice, Black Studies programs, and greater representation and support for Black students and faculty.

A. The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 is a historical study by Ibram X. Kendi that examines how Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s transformed American higher education and advanced the struggle for racial justice on campus.
B. Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a mid-20th-century Black American political and cultural movement that emphasized racial pride, self-determination, and resistance to systemic oppression.
C. Black Arts Movement
The Black Arts Movement was a 1960s–1970s African American artistic and literary movement that promoted Black cultural pride, political empowerment, and experimental forms in poetry, theater, visual arts, and music.
D. Black Consciousness Movement
The Black Consciousness Movement was a South African anti-apartheid ideology and political-cultural movement that emphasized black pride, psychological liberation, and self-reliance, most prominently associated with activist Steve Biko in the 1960s and 1970s.
E. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights–era movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ student movement ⓘ
aims	creation of Black Studies programs ⓘ curricular reform to include African and African American history and culture ⓘ greater Black student enrollment ⓘ increased hiring of Black faculty and administrators ⓘ institutional support for Black students ⓘ racial justice in higher education ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	early 1970s ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Black Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ higher education reform ⓘ racial justice ⓘ
hasCause	absence of Black Studies curricula ⓘ continuation of the Civil Rights Movement on campuses ⓘ influence of the broader Black Power movement ⓘ racial discrimination in higher education ⓘ underrepresentation of Black students and faculty ⓘ
hasDocument	The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	changes in university governance to include student voices ⓘ expansion of support services for Black students ⓘ greater representation of Black perspectives in curricula ⓘ increased visibility of Black student concerns ⓘ institutionalization of African American Studies ⓘ
hasMainParticipants	Black college students ⓘ Black faculty allies ⓘ Black student organizations ⓘ
hasResearcher	Ibram X. Kendi NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	affirmative action policies in higher education ⓘ creation of ethnic studies programs ⓘ diversity and inclusion initiatives on campuses ⓘ establishment of Black Studies departments ⓘ
influencedBy	Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ anti–Vietnam War student activism ⓘ
opposes	Eurocentric curricula ⓘ exclusion of Black history and culture from academic study ⓘ institutional racism in universities ⓘ
startTime	late 1960s ⓘ
temporalContext	early 1970s student protest wave ⓘ late 1960s social upheavals in the United States ⓘ
usesMethod	building occupations ⓘ negotiations with university administrations ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ strikes and boycotts ⓘ student protests ⓘ

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