Columbia University Occupied: Vietnam War Protests Shut Down Campus
Student protesters at Columbia University seize administration buildings to force a shutdown of the campus, directly triggering police raids that leave hundreds injured and spark similar occupations across dozens of American universities. This explosive escalation transforms local grievances into a national movement, fundamentally altering the relationship between higher education institutions and political dissent for decades to come.
April 23, 1968
58 years ago
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