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Activism comes in all sizes: Protest at smaller Florida colleges and universities
Annual Gulf South History & Humanities Conference, 35th (Pensacola Beach, Florida, 10/05/2017–10/07/2017)
10/06/2017
Abstract
Most of the focus on activism among American college students during the 1960s focuses on either the Civil Rights Movement, or anti-war activism at large universities in the west, mid-west, or north. More recent scholarship has shed light on the more limited activism of students at colleges and universities in the South, who often faced more immediate concerns of the consequences of protest. However, with the exceptions of student activities at Florida State University and the University of Florida, the activism of students at other Florida institutions of higher education are still understudied. Across the state, Florida students engaged in their own protests focused on dress codes, integration, dormitory visitation, free speech, the Vietnam War, culminating with marches and sit-ins after the Kent State Massacre. Students at small institutions like Florida Presbyterian often formed a vanguard of Florida student activism, a trend which eventually included protests at Miami-Dade Community College focused on the Iran-Hostage Crisis of 1979.
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- Title
- Activism comes in all sizes: Protest at smaller Florida colleges and universities
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Conference
- Annual Gulf South History & Humanities Conference, 35th (Pensacola Beach, Florida, 10/05/2017–10/07/2017)
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380099992606600
- Academic Unit
- Education Research Library; University of West Florida Libraries
- Language
- English