"Guard Troops Called in to Aid Campus Control" Wisconsin State Journal, 2/13/69
"Mass March Backs UW Blacks' Stand" Wisconsin State Journal, 2/14/69
"UW Faculty Backs a Major in Afro-American Studies" Wisconsin State Journal, 12/2/69
Vocabulary:
protest
Interesting Fact:
Gov. Warren Knowles called up about 900 Wisconsin National Guard troops to assist police in controlling the student demonstrations on the UW campus.
Study Questions:
How did the University react to the protest?
Did the students have all of their demands met?
There were other protests at the UW in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Were they all about starting a black studies department? If not, what were the students protesting?
Search these newspaper databases for additional stories about protests at the University of Wisconsin:
February 12, 1969: Over 10,000 students began a seven-day protest on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison demanding a Black Studies department.
