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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → political movement → social movement → student protest movement →
country	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 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, 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	UC Berkeley campus →
notableEvent	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 →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
"bodies upon the gears" speech → Art Goldberg → Edward Strong ("Free Speech Movement (as opposing movement to his administration)") → Emma Goldman ("free speech movement") → Jack Weinberg → Jackie Goldberg ("Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley") → Mario Savio → Mario Savio → Steve Weissman ("Berkeley Free Speech Movement") →	movement
Mario Savio Memorial Lecture ("Free Speech Movement activists") → Mario Savio Steps at Sproul Hall, UC Berkeley → People's Park → Sproul Hall → Sproul Plaza →	associatedWith
Art Goldberg → Berkeley → Mario Savio → Sproul Plaza → University of California, Berkeley →	knownFor
Jack Weinberg ("Berkeley Free Speech Movement") → Jackie Goldberg → Mario Savio ("Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley") → Sproul Hall ("Free Speech Movement sit-ins") →	notableFor
Jack Weinberg ("1964 Berkeley Free Speech Movement") → Jackie Goldberg → Steve Weissman ("1964 Berkeley Free Speech Movement") →	participatedIn
Edward Strong → Katherine Towle →	notableEvent
Telegraph Avenue →	associatedWithMovement
Sproul Hall →	category
Mario Savio Memorial Lecture →	commemorates
Free Speech Movement Café ("Free Speech Movement of 1964–1965") →	commemoratesEvent
Free Speech Movement Café →	dedicatedTo
New Left →	hasKeyOrganization
New Left ("Berkeley Free Speech Movement") →	hasNotableEvent
Mario Savio →	participantIn
Clark Kerr ("Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley") →	politicalEventInvolved
Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel ("free speech movement") →	subject
Mario Savio Memorial Lecture →	topicIncludes