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

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Thousands of students filled Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley, in April 1985 to protest the university’s business ties with apartheid South Africa. Credit...
Paul Sakuma/Associated Press
From the actions of the students of Soweto grew a vast campaign led by college students in the United States, who built shantytowns on campus quads, blockaded buildings and disrupted speeches by South African politicians. From Columbia University to the University of California, protests compelled administrators to withdraw billions of dollars in investments from companies tied to South Africa. Over time, the resulting economic stress contributed, along with other factors, to the dismantling of apartheid. Image
On June 5, 1989, after Chinese troops violently cleared protesters from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, a lone man stood in front of a column of tanks. Credit...
Jeff Widener/Associated Pr