3 , 0 0 0 ▁students ▁held ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁first - ever ▁fac ulty - led ▁" te ach - in " ▁to ▁protest ▁against ▁American ▁policy ▁in ▁S out heast ▁Asia . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁sit - ins ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁by ▁Vo ice , ▁the ▁campus ▁political ▁party ▁of ▁Stud ents ▁for ▁a ▁Democratic ▁Society , ▁U - M ' s ▁administration ▁b anned ▁sit - ins . ▁In ▁response , ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁students ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁one - hour ▁sit - in ▁inside ▁the ▁Administration ▁Building , ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁L SA ▁Building . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁following ▁the ▁assass ination ▁of ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King , ▁Jr ., ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁several ▁dozen ▁black ▁students ▁occupied ▁the ▁Administration ▁Building ▁to ▁demand ▁that ▁the ▁university ▁make ▁public ▁its ▁three - year - old ▁commit ment ▁as ▁a ▁federal ▁contract or ▁to ▁aff irm ative ▁action ▁and ▁to ▁increase ▁its ▁efforts ▁with ▁respect ▁to ▁rec ruit ing ▁more ▁African ▁American ▁students , ▁fac ulty ▁and ▁staff . ▁ ▁At ▁that ▁time ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁African ▁American ▁coach es , ▁for ▁instance , ▁in ▁the ▁Inter col leg iate ▁Athletics ▁Department . ▁ ▁The ▁occupation ▁was ▁ended ▁by ▁agreement ▁after ▁seven ▁hours . ▁ ▁Form er ▁U - M ▁student ▁and ▁noted ▁architect ▁Ald en ▁B . ▁Dow ▁designed ▁the ▁current ▁F lem ing ▁Administration ▁Building , ▁which ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 6