Former students recall 1968 protests that shut down Columbia
NEW YORK (AP) " Fifty years ago Monday, Columbia University students angry about racism and the Vietnam War began a rebellion that fed a sense the country was in turmoil.Starting at noon on April 23, 1968, student militants occupied Hamilton Hall, the main classroom building, and took a dean hostage for 24 hours. They stormed into the office of the university's president, ransacked files and smoked his cigars.Over the next few days, hundreds of students would seize a total of [...]
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