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Third World Liberation Front and Ethnic Studies,UC-Berkeley, 1969

Third World Liberation Front, 1969
Third World Liberation Front, 1969

On 22 January 1969, students of colour organised in the Third World Liberation Front and went on strike at Berkeley University demanding the establishment of an Ethnic Studies department and a Third World College. Despite being met with police aggression, the strike lasted until 8 March and was largely successful.

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