Title: 7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism - The New York Times
Headings: 7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism
7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism
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What Makes #NeverAgain Different?
The protests calling for stricter gun control measures come on the heels of other youth movements, but the momentum they have gained makes them stand out.
Greensboro sit-ins, 1960
University uprisings, 1968
Apartheid divestment, 1970s-80s
Tiananmen Square, 1989
Velvet Revolution, 1989
Iran, 1999
Black Lives Matter, 2013-present

Content: What kind of question is that? Look around you. Once you identify what you want to do, don’t ask for the masses to help you, because they won’t come.” Image
Columbia University students occupying Hamilton Hall in April 1968. Credit...
Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times
University uprisings, 1968
In the spring of 1968, student protests exploded on multiple continents. Some accomplished their stated goals and others did not, but even the latter contributed to a climate in which change seemed possible and more people were inspired to act. In March, more than 1,000 students at the historically black Howard University took over the administrative building, and many more barricaded themselves in their dormitories. They demanded that the university president resign; that the curriculum emphasize African-American history and culture; that a judiciary system involving students be created;