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May 68 (French: Mai 68) refers to a period of civil unrest that occurred throughout France from May to June 1968. Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories.
The Sorbonne Occupation Committee (French: Comité d'Occupation de la Sorbonne) was a politically radical student group that occupied the Sorbonne during the May 1968 events in France. The Sorbonne student occupation began Monday, 13 May, after the police withdrew from the Latin Quarter. [1]
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, [1] anti-war sentiment, civil rights urgency, youth counterculture within the silent and baby boomer generations, and popular rebellions against military states and bureaucracies.
"The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History" zeroes in on the 1968 uprising at Tuskegee Institute that won rights for students—and helped institutionalize Black Studies.
1947: 1947 strikes in France, a series of insurrectional strikes; 1958: May 1958 crisis in France; 1961: Algiers putsch of 1961; 1968: May 1968 events in France, a volatile period of civil unrest that was punctuated by demonstrations and massive general strikes as well as the occupation of universities and factories across France.
1968. Hundreds of students held a demonstration on April 23, 1968, to protest the Vietnam War as well as Columbia's plans to build a gymnasium in nearby Harlem that activists claimed would ...
6 February – 18 February – The 1968 Winter Olympics takes place in Grenoble. The host nation finishes third on the medal table with four gold, three silver, and two bronze medals. 27 June – Tour de France begins. 7 July – French Grand Prix is won by Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari. 21 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jan Janssen of the ...
The Free Speech Movement was the first US student movement that became a focus of scholarly attention into student activism. [ 116 ] The largest student strike in American history took place in May and June 1970, in response to the Kent State shootings and the American invasion of Cambodia .