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A history of student protest movements in the US
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Segregation sit-ins
While student protests for racial equality gained the most traction in the 1960s, some of the first demonstrations against segregation took place decades before.
In the 1940s, students at Howard University began practicing what they called a “stool-sitting technique” where students would go to restaurants that denied Black people service and remain seated.
Civil Rights protests
Students across the country protested to demand racial equality in admissions, curriculum that reflected diverse perspectives and more people of color on the faculty.
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