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...Afro-American Studies department reveals that it was born out of protest and activism, and that there are numerous parallels between the department's nearly-continuous troubles and its controversial roots. Whether by intention or by coincidence, recent protests urging increased faculty hiring echo the activist struggles of the 1960s...
...Anytime you get five or six politicians together you need at least one reporter to keep an eye on them," said Range, who covered the Vietnam War and the Berlin student uprisings in the late 1960s...
Reading books outside those assigned in courses is one important way of identifying with their culture, some of them said, because of the dearth of classes addressing the experiences of Blacks since the 1960s Civil Rights movement. This is particularly important for Black women, whose role in this movement is often ignored, they said...
...1960s, concern over Vietnam united students around a potpourri of causes, from civil rights to the environment. The alliance itself didn't last, but the underlying sense of duty--the sense that neutrality equals complicity-- endured for at least a while...
...1960s, the draft was a fact of life for American men, having been in place continuously since 1948. As such, the need for increased forces in Southeast Asia met with little initial resistance...