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Newsreel. 14, Columbia revolt / Third World Newsreel.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Columbia University--Student strike, 1968.
- Columbia University.
- Columbia University--Students--Political activity.
- Student strikes--New York (State)--New York.
- Student strikes.
- Student movements--New York (State)--New York.
- Student movements.
- United States--History--1961-1969.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (51 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Columbia revolt
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 1968.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- In April 1968, black and white students rebelled against the university administration, occupying five buildings, including the president's office, in one of the first campus revolts of the Civil Rights/Vietnam War era. The revolt began as a protest against university expansion into neighboring communities and its role as a slum lord. After five days of student control, the administrators and trustees ordered the police to clear the buildings. What resulted was an unprecedented display of brutality and repression. Narrated by one of the student rebels, the detailed eyewitness account of this event galvanized other campus revolts around the country.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 14, 2020).
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968.
- OCLC:
- 1191032952
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5054997/marc
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