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November 6, 1968 · Education, Student Organizing & Coalition

Students Struck to Transform What Colleges Teach

Black student leadership and a multiracial coalition began a 115-day strike that helped create the nation's first College of Ethnic Studies.

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Then

University curricula and admissions largely excluded the histories, knowledge, and communities of people of color.

Now

Student organizing established Black Studies and the nation's first College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State.

Next

Education changes when communities help define whose questions, sources, and knowledge deserve study.

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