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The police have regularly been called in to squelch student protests over the past century. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images

May 2, 2024

Columbia University protests look increasingly like those in 1968 as police storm campuses nationwide

Stefan M. Bradley, Amherst College

An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.

Numerous rap songs criticize the Reagan administration for its complicity in the illicit drug trade. Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

October 26, 2022

Rap artists have penned plenty of lyrics about US presidents – this course examines what they say about Reagan and the 1980s

Stefan M. Bradley, Amherst College

Ronald Reagan may have been known as ‘The Great Communicator,’ but rap artists don’t view his legacy through such rose-colored glasses. A professor of Black studies and history takes a closer look.

August 27, 2018

Revolution Starts on Campus

Phillip Martin, The Conversation

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Fifty years ago, students rose up against authoritarian governments, racial inequality and, most passionately, the war in Vietnam. Two historians reflect on those momentous days in 1968 – and discuss what current movements learn from them.

Black power militant H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael (right) appeared at a sit-in protest at Columbia University in New York City on April 26, 1968. AP

August 27, 2018

1968 protests at Columbia University called attention to ‘Gym Crow’ and got worldwide attention

Stefan M. Bradley, Loyola Marymount University

The 1968 protests at Columbia University led the institution to abandon a gym project that residents considered racist and cut off its defense work – and generated worldwide attention in the process.

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