NEW YORK — 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.
Former Students Recall 1968 Protests That Shut Down Columbia
KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press, The Columbian
Sun, 04/22/2018 - 4:48pm
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