Title: Columbia University protests of 1968 - Wikipedia
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Columbia University protests of 1968
Contents
Background
Discovery of IDA documents
Morningside Park gymnasium
Protests
Occupation of Hamilton Hall
Activist separation
Popular responses
Suppression of protesters
Second round of protests
Aftermath
Immediate responses
Long term effects
In popular culture
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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Columbia University protests of 1968
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1968 student demonstrations against racism and the Vietnam War
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Columbia University Protests of 1968
Part of the Black Power movement and the
Opposition to the Vietnam War
Date
1968
Location
Columbia University, New York
Methods
Student strike
Occupations
Parties to the civil conflict
Students for a Democratic Society
Student Afro-Society
Columbia University
New York City Police Department
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Opposition to the Vietnam War
Edmonton aircraft bombing
March Against the Vietnam War
Human Be-In
Angry Arts week
March on the Pentagon
Columbia University protests of 1968
1968 Democratic National Convention protest activity
Bed-Ins for Peace
Weather High School Jailbreaks
Days of Rage
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
Greenwich Village townhouse explosion
Free The Army tour
Kent State shootings
Student strike of 1970
Hard Hat Riot
Sterling Hall bombing
1971 May Day protests
1960s Berkeley protests
Central Park be-ins
Draft evasion in the Vietnam War
G.I. movement
Vietnam War protests at the University of Michigan
In 1968, a series of protests at Columbia University in New York City were one among the various student demonstrations that occurred around the globe in that year. The Columbia protests erupted over the spring of that year after students discovered links between the university and the institutional apparatus supporting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War, as well as their concern over an allegedly segregated gymnasium to be constructed in the nearby Morningside Park. The protests resulted in the student occupation of many university buildings and the eventual violent removal of protesters by the New York City Police Department. Contents
1 Background
1.1 Discovery of IDA documents
1.2 Morningside Park gymnasium
2 Protests
2.1 Occupation of Hamilton Hall
2.2 Activist separation
2.3 Popular responses
2.4 Suppression of protesters
2.5 Second round of protests
3 Aftermath
3.1 Immediate responses
3.2 Long term effects
4 In popular culture
5 See also
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
Background
Discovery of IDA documents
In early March 1967, a Columbia University Students for a Democratic Society activist named Bob Feldman discovered documents in the International Law Library detailing Columbia's institutional affiliation with the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a weapons research think tank affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. The nature of the association had not been, to that point, publicly announced by the University.