Talk:Columbia University protests of 1968

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Thank you very much for this article. Since a very long time I was looking fot he background of that movie mentioned in the page. I remembered, that the Columbia University and not Berkely was the base but until now I found no closer explanation. 129.187.121.66 08:28, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Weren't there also similar protests in 1972? Should that be mentioned? --24.147.86.187 16:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

There are other protests mentioned in the "History" section of the main Columbia University article; given the title of this article and the magnitude of 1968 alone, it's best left restricted to that year, I feel. -Cjs2111 19:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

"The protests came to a conclusion in the early morning hours of April 30, 1968, when the NYPD violently quashed the demonstrations. Hamilton Hall was cleared peacefully as African American lawyers were outside ready to represent SAS members in court and a tactical squad of African American police officers with the NYPD led by Detective Sanford Garelick (the same investigator of the Malcolm X homicide) had cleared the African American students out of Hamilton Hall. The buildings occupied by Whites however were cleared violently as approximately 150 students were injured and taken to hospitals, while over 700 protesters were arrested." Is this what happened? Jax 02:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree. This and the Gym Crow section both seem very POV, and there are no sources for statements like "the African-American students claimed the white students couldn't understand..." I would like to request one of those page tags for the top of this article that states that the page is not up to quality, just so people don't get confused until the article can be improved. 160.39.181.59 (talk) 22:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm undoing the edit about the Gym which states the land was "destined" for low cost housing. There's no citation and as far as I know, blatantly untrue.69.121.14.195 17:26, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gym Crow

The section on the gym seems POV to me, but I don't know enough about it to be sure. It implies that the design of the gym was entirely practical, and innocent of any discriminatory intent. I just read this article an article that paints a different picture: "...Kappner bore witness to the events of 1968, the memory of which still rankles with Harlemites. The university decided to build a gymnasium for its students on land that had been open to the neighbourhood. In what became known as the case of Gym Crow - a pun on the Jim Crow discriminatory laws in the south - the university tried to assuage angry residents by allowing them to use the facilities via a discreet side entrance. The plan backfired after black activists joined hands with students in bloody demonstrations that temporarily closed the campus." http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2213744,00.html

First of all, were local residents able to use the actual gym, or just a community center in the lower level? Were they allowed to enter on the upper level, or were only Columbia folks allowed? --Chinawhitecotton (talk) 01:41, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

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