Free Speech Movement

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historical event political movement social movement student protest movement

The Free Speech Movement was a landmark 1964–65 student protest at UC Berkeley that became a defining catalyst for campus activism and the modern free speech and civil liberties movement in the United States.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Free Speech Movement canonical	28
free speech movement	5
Berkeley Free Speech Movement	3
1964 Berkeley Free Speech Movement	2
Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley	2
Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley	2
Free Speech Movement (as opposing movement to his administration)	1
Free Speech Movement activists	1
Free Speech Movement of 1964–1965	1
Free Speech Movement sit-ins	1
free speech movement in the United States	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ student protest movement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1965 ⓘ
hasCause	administrative restrictions on student organizations ⓘ enforcement of rules against political advocacy at Sproul Plaza ⓘ university ban on on-campus political tables ⓘ
hasCommemoration	Free Speech Movement Café at UC Berkeley ⓘ Free Speech Movement Café at UC Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Free Speech Movement archival collections at UC Berkeley
hasEffect	expansion of free speech rights on campus ⓘ increased student participation in governance ⓘ model for later student protest movements ⓘ national attention to campus free speech issues ⓘ reform of UC Berkeley regulations on political activity ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Art Goldberg ⓘ Bettina Aptheker ⓘ Brian Turner ⓘ Clark Kerr ⓘ Edward Strong ⓘ Jack Weinberg ⓘ Jackie Goldberg ⓘ Katherine Towle ⓘ Mario Savio ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ Steve Weissman ⓘ Suzanne Goldberg ⓘ
hasLocation	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley, California University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
hasMainSubject	civil liberties ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ student rights ⓘ
hasParticipant	UC Berkeley students ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ student organizations ⓘ
ideology	New Left politics ⓘ civil libertarianism ⓘ
influenced	New Left activism ⓘ anti–Vietnam War student protests ⓘ campus activism in the United States ⓘ civil liberties movement in the United States ⓘ modern free speech movement in the United States ⓘ
mainRegion	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ surface form: UC Berkeley campus
notableEvent	Mario Savio ⓘ surface form: Mario Savio "bodies upon the gears" speech mass arrest of student protesters in December 1964 ⓘ sit-in at Sproul Hall ⓘ
opposed	bans on on-campus political advocacy ⓘ restrictions on political activity on campus ⓘ
startDate	1964 ⓘ

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"bodies upon the gears" speech → movement → Free Speech Movement ⓘ

Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel → subject → Free Speech Movement ⓘ

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Katherine Towle → notableEvent → Free Speech Movement ⓘ

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Mary Beth Tinker → movement → Free Speech Movement ⓘ

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Jacob Abrams → movement → Free Speech Movement ⓘ

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Larry Flynt → movement → Free Speech Movement ⓘ

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