Word: protesters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black law students who Tuesday occupied the office of Law School Dean James Vorenberg '49 ended their demonstration yesterday afternoon, after reaching a settlement that protest leaders said addressed their concerns about minority representation on the faculty...
...interview yesterday, Vorenberg said the terms of the agreement were not the result of pressure from the protest, but rather the reiteration of the Law School's existing commitment to improve minority representation on the faculty...
...Bell, who spent much of Monday night with the demonstrators, said that the sit-in worked as a protest...
...time you can get people to put their bottoms where their brains are, it's a success," Bell said about the protest...
...Kennedy mystique seems particularly appealing in 1988. The yearning that some feel to cast a protest vote or express a passion for social change has been partly reflected in the success of Jesse Jackson's candidacy. But the triumph of George Bush and Michael Dukakis has submerged political passion in favor of pragmatism and efficiency. Each has his programs and respectable records. Dukakis even tries to evoke the Kennedy legacy. But they pale in comparison to the faded photographs of Bobby reaching out to endless seas of eager hands and exciting admiring crowds. Bush has apologized to his supporters...