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* 1960s-[[1985]]: Students protest for divestment from South Africa, culminating in a 1985 takeover of [[Hamilton]]. Administration agrees to divest, although they didn't do so fully until [[1991]]. | * 1960s-[[1985]]: Students protest for divestment from South Africa, culminating in a 1985 takeover of [[Hamilton]]. Administration agrees to divest, although they didn't do so fully until [[1991]]. | ||
| − | * [[1987]]: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor [[Marcellus Blount]] was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]]. | + | * [[1987]]: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor [[Marcellus Blount]] was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]].[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DF1431F930A15757C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all] |
* [[1992]]: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the [[Audubon Ballroom]], the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biomedical research facility | * [[1992]]: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the [[Audubon Ballroom]], the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biomedical research facility | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 1 December 2007
So many protests to choose from...
Pre-1960s
- 1811: the "Riotous Commencement"
- October 1935: Protest against Casa Italiana over the Italian invasion of Ethiopia
- 1930s: Bonus Army marches
- Late 1930s: Anti-war rallies preceding World War II
1960s
- April 20, 1967: anti-Vietnam recruitment protest by SDS in John Jay Hall turns into a violent melee with rightwing students
- April 23 - 30, 1968: The protest to end all protests. Not really. The 1968 protests surrounded the construction of the Morningside Park Gymnasium, Government funded science research, and CIA recruitment on campus. It ends with the bloody removal of students from five occupied buildings and a deeply damaged, divided campus.
- April 15 - 23, 1969: Protests against delays in setting up the African American Studies program culminates in SDS occupations of Hamilton and Mathematics Halls
1970-2000
- 1970: Black students take over ROTC lounge. Administration agrees to make it the Malcolm X Lounge which still stands.
- 1972: Latino students protest for Latino Studies.
- 1960s-1985: Students protest for divestment from South Africa, culminating in a 1985 takeover of Hamilton. Administration agrees to divest, although they didn't do so fully until 1991.
- 1987: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside Ferris Booth Hall. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor Marcellus Blount was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the Intercultural Resource Center.[1]
- 1992: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the Audubon Ballroom, the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biomedical research facility
- 1996: Students go on a hunger strike, and occupy Hamilton for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies Department. Three years later they get a center with no hiring power
Since 2000
- October 2006: Minuteman stage-rush
- Fall 2007:
- September 2007: Protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- November 2007:
Other Demonstrations
Ongoing
- Since 1940s: Lots of tenant protests over Columbia evictions.
