Title: Columbia University protests of 1968 - Wikipedia
Headings: Columbia University protests of 1968
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

Content: In addition, the African-American students knew that police would not be as violent against a group of black students, to prevent riots due to the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed three weeks prior. What began as a unified effort would soon become a tension-filled standoff between black students and white students as the SAS began to meet separately from other protesters and secluding whites, with each group occupying a separate side of the building. There was minimal communication between the SDS and SAS which led to decreased solidarity between the two forces. An agreement would soon be made between the SDS and the SAS to separate white and black demonstrators. Soon after, the whites left Hamilton Hall and moved to Low Library, which housed the President's office. Over the next few days, the University President's office in Low Library (but not the remainder of the building, wh