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...black leader who has done just that is Alfred ("Skip") Robinson. A 42-year-old former building contractor, Robinson last February organized a series of demonstrations protesting alleged police brutality in Tupelo, Miss. He also organized a black boycott of the city's main stores, demanding that they and the city government hire more blacks...
...pain didn't go away. About 50 Kennedy School students voted to boycott the committee, because many said it would only circumvent the Engelhard issue...
...elect Mickey Leland (D.-Tex.), one of the 32 freshmen congressmen here on a six day conference at the Institute of Politics, addressed the demonstrators, calling the rally and the boycott a "significant and just statement...
...solidarity of these students shows that they see themselves as a common economic class with common problems. Quite a contrast with the situation on many American campuses--especially Ivy League campuses--where students perceive real or imagined class divisions and divergent interests. Along with a boycott of classes, the Canadian strike was marked by succesful and well-organized marches. On November 23, 1500 students marched through the streets of Montreal and occupied the offices of the provincial minister of education until he agreed to meet with representatives of the students. The NUS was an important force behind the march...
...boycott, partly broken in the last two years, has continued since 1971 because of constant disagreement between students and faculty members over the interpretation of the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities, which set up the CRR to defend what it called "the rights of members of the University...