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History of campus protests from the 1964 to now

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Mario Savio, leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, is restrained by police as he walks on to the platform at the University of California's Greek Theater in Berkeley. (Robert W. Klein/AP)
Mario Savio, leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, is restrained by police as he walks on to the platform at the University of California's Greek Theater in Berkeley. (Robert W. Klein/AP)

The Free Speech Movement on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in the mid-1960s opened the door to the era of campus activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Then came the call for divestment from South Africa in the mid-1980s.

How does the call for divestment from Israel echo the earlier anti-apartheid demonstrations?

Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with University of Texas history professor Steven Mintz who has written about the history of student protest.

This segment aired on May 6, 2024.

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