United States student protests of the 1960s

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The United States student protests of the 1960s were a nationwide wave of campus-based activism challenging the Vietnam War, racial injustice, and university governance, helping to reshape American politics and higher education.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf social movement
student movement
aimedAt challenging traditional campus rules
democratizing university governance
ending U.S. involvement in Vietnam
expanding civil rights
increasing student participation in decision-making
context Cold War NERFINISHED
civil rights era
counterculture of the 1960s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1969
hasMainSubject Vietnam War NERFINISHED
academic freedom
antiwar activism
civil rights
draft resistance
free speech
racial injustice
university governance
hasPart Black student strikes
Columbia University protests of 1968 NERFINISHED
Free Speech Movement NERFINISHED
anti-Vietnam War campus protests
student strikes of 1968
influenced American politics
campus disciplinary policies
creation of ethnic studies programs
curriculum reform
expansion of student rights
higher education in the United States
university governance reforms
influencedBy Beat Generation NERFINISHED
Free Speech Movement NERFINISHED
anti-nuclear movement NERFINISHED
civil rights movement
location Colleges and universities across the United States
Columbia University NERFINISHED
Harvard University NERFINISHED
Howard University NERFINISHED
Kent State University NERFINISHED
San Francisco State College NERFINISHED
Stanford University NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED
University of Michigan NERFINISHED
University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED
Yale University NERFINISHED
movement New Left NERFINISHED
opposed United States involvement in the Vietnam War
authoritarian university administration
institutional racism
military draft
racial segregation
opposedBy police
some state and federal authorities
university administrations
organizer Black Student Unions NERFINISHED
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee NERFINISHED
Students for a Democratic Society NERFINISHED
campus antiwar committees
participant college students
faculty allies
graduate students
high school students
university students
result changes in university governance structures
expansion of ethnic and Black studies programs
greater recognition of student rights
increased public opposition to the Vietnam War
slogan Hell no, we won’t go
Make love, not war
Power to the people
Student power
startTime 1960
usedMethod building occupation
conscientious objection
draft card burning
march
mass demonstration
sit-in
strike
teach-in

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San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 partOf United States student protests of the 1960s
Hair mainSubject United States student protests of the 1960s
subject surface form: Hair (1979 film)
this entity surface form: United States in the 1960s