Title: A History of Student Activism and Protests | BestColleges
Headings: Student Activism in College
Student Activism in College
A History of Campus Protests
Student Protests Throughout History
The Fight for Civil Rights on College Campuses
Students Protest Administrative Policies
The Push for Campus Safety
Fighting Tuition Increases and Rising Costs
Student Activism in 2020 and Beyond

Content: Upperclassman Asa Dunbar sparked the rebellion when he leapt upon his chair in the dining hall and shouted, "Behold, our butter stinketh! Give us, therefore, butter that stinketh not." In response, students boycotted Harvard's dining hall until the university's president suspended half of the student body. The Fight for Civil Rights on College Campuses
Student activists have also successfully tackled more serious issues like discrimination and equity. Until the 20th century, many American colleges and universities enrolled only white male students. Student activists pushed colleges and universities to increase campus diversity and protect members of the school community from discrimination. Take the civil rights movement of the 1960s, in which college students protested segregation and marched for civil rights. In 1960, four black students from North Carolina A&T State University held a sit-in at a "whites only" lunch counter, an act that inspired thousands of students to join the civil rights movement. A statue at North Carolina A&T celebrating student activists who staged a sit-in at the Woolworth Company store in 1960. Off campus, college students registered black voters and marched on Washington;