Black Campus Movement (social movement)

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civil rights–era movement social movement student movement

The Black Campus Movement was a nationwide wave of Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s that fought to transform U.S. higher education through demands for racial justice, Black Studies programs, and greater representation and support for Black students and faculty.

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instanceOf	civil rights–era movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ student movement ⓘ
aims	creation of Black Studies programs ⓘ curricular reform to include African and African American history and culture ⓘ greater Black student enrollment ⓘ increased hiring of Black faculty and administrators ⓘ institutional support for Black students ⓘ racial justice in higher education ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	early 1970s ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Black Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ higher education reform ⓘ racial justice ⓘ
hasCause	absence of Black Studies curricula ⓘ continuation of the Civil Rights Movement on campuses ⓘ influence of the broader Black Power movement ⓘ racial discrimination in higher education ⓘ underrepresentation of Black students and faculty ⓘ
hasDocument	The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	changes in university governance to include student voices ⓘ expansion of support services for Black students ⓘ greater representation of Black perspectives in curricula ⓘ increased visibility of Black student concerns ⓘ institutionalization of African American Studies ⓘ
hasMainParticipants	Black college students ⓘ Black faculty allies ⓘ Black student organizations ⓘ
hasResearcher	Ibram X. Kendi NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	affirmative action policies in higher education ⓘ creation of ethnic studies programs ⓘ diversity and inclusion initiatives on campuses ⓘ establishment of Black Studies departments ⓘ
influencedBy	Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ anti–Vietnam War student activism ⓘ
opposes	Eurocentric curricula ⓘ exclusion of Black history and culture from academic study ⓘ institutional racism in universities ⓘ
startTime	late 1960s ⓘ
temporalContext	early 1970s student protest wave ⓘ late 1960s social upheavals in the United States ⓘ
usesMethod	building occupations ⓘ negotiations with university administrations ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ strikes and boycotts ⓘ student protests ⓘ

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