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Thomas 🔭✨

2 weeks ago • •

Thomas 🔭✨
2 weeks ago • •

NYPD is right now about to storm Columbia University in NYC after protesters against genocide occupied a university building.

Here’s something interesting from the Uhiversity website.

Columbia is a far different place today than it was in the spring of
1968 when protesters took over University buildings amid
discontent about the Vietnam War, racism and the University's
proposed expansion into Morningside Park. After a weeklong
standoff, New York City Police stormed the campus and arrested
more than 700 people. The fallout dogged Columbia for years.
It took decades for the University to recover from those turbulent
times. Columbia now has one of the most socio-economically
diverse student bodies among its peer institutions. It has added a
new campus designed to be open to the community and pursues
fields of inquiry unheard of a half-century ago. Columbia is
commemorating the 50th anniversary of those long-ago events
with a deep dive of scholarship and exhibits chronicling what
happened then and its effects today.

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DB 🇵🇸 🌎🌏🌍

in reply to Thomas 🔭✨ • 2 weeks ago • •

Do you think #Columbia will be adding this video to their official website?

#columbia

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