▁Swedish ▁language . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁black ▁students ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁at ▁Santa ▁Cruz ▁occupied ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁university ' s ▁administration ▁buildings . ▁They ▁were ▁demand ing ▁that ▁the ▁Rosa ▁Park s ▁House , ▁a ▁d orm itory ▁on ▁campus , ▁be ▁painted ▁black , ▁red ▁and ▁green ▁which ▁are ▁the ▁colors ▁of ▁the ▁Pan - A fr ican ▁flag . ▁ ▁Other ▁dem ands ▁included ▁that ▁only ▁black ▁students ▁of ▁Car ib bean ▁descent ▁be ▁guaranteed ▁housing ▁in ▁that ▁d orm itory . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁month , ▁students ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University ▁organized ▁the ▁school ' s ▁first ▁all ▁black ▁comm enc ement ▁ceremony , ▁cit ing ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁highlight ▁achiev ements ▁made ▁by ▁black ▁students ▁and ▁fac ulty . ▁ ▁P und its ▁argue ▁that ▁both ▁of ▁these ▁events ▁are ▁examples ▁of ▁auto - se greg ation ▁and ▁compared ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁“ J im ▁Crow ” ▁era ▁ ▁when ▁ra cial ▁seg reg ation ▁was ▁legal ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁" separ ate ▁and ▁supposed ly ▁( but ▁usually ▁not ) ▁equal " ▁housing ▁and ▁facilities ▁were ▁common place ▁in ▁America . ▁Civil ▁rights ▁activ ists ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁such ▁as ▁Dr . ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King ▁Jr ., ▁successfully ▁march ed ▁in ▁protest ▁to ▁abol ish ▁such ▁seg reg ation . ▁ ▁End og amy