Word: strike
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Afro-American Association supports the student strike of Harvard University, and urges students to continue the strike until the issues are satisfactorlly resolved. This action is necessary because the present mechanisms of policy-making at Harvard are totally inadequate. The decision-making power of the Corporation is completely unresponsive to student opposition to its decisions. Furthermore, the recent actions of the Corporation and the Administration display a callous disregard for the safety and lives of this student body...
...must be remembered that the present disturbance results from the same intransigence that has created numerous disturbances in the past. We support the student strike, not simply because of Thursday's police action, but out of a belief that the university's policy-making process must be restructured. This belief is bolstered by a new development: violation by the university of its agreement to establish a meaningful Afro-American Studies program...
...crowd of about 500 students in the Yard chanted, "Pusey Must Go," "Strike, Strike," and "Close the Place Down...
Over 700 students gathered on and in front of the steps of Widener Hall between 6 a.m. and 6:15 to discuss a possible student strike...
...three-day student strike called yesterday by the assembly in Memorial Church is a vote of no confidence in the Administration's response to the demonstration and in the Corporation's ability to govern. It also provides a breathing spell for organizing a broadly-based coalition which could make a revolutionary change in the distribution of political power at Harvard...