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How Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today
![Dave Pickoff FILE - New York City police rush toward student protesters in the early morning, April 30, 1968, outside Columbia University's Low Memorial Library as they sought to remove demonstrators involved in sit-ins at university buildings. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e9c27440bebd4271b1affffe59340217/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - New York City police rush toward student protesters in the early morning, April 30, 1968, outside Columbia University's Low Memorial Library as they sought to remove demonstrators involved in sit-ins at university buildings. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)
![Jacob Harris FILE - Part of some estimated 300 students at Columbia University are shown milling around Hamilton Hall on the campus in New York, April 24, 1968. The students are protesting the construction of a gymnasium in a public park and the university's participation in a defense-related program. A couple of students stand on pedestal of the statue of Alexander Hamilton while others hang a poster of Stokely Carmichael from the balcony of the building along with a Viet Cong flag. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ff21087d47364bdc9e5b9f394619163f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Part of some estimated 300 students at Columbia University are shown milling around Hamilton Hall on the campus in New York, April 24, 1968. The students are protesting the construction of a gymnasium in a public park and the university's participation in a defense-related program. A couple of students stand on pedestal of the statue of Alexander Hamilton while others hang a poster of Stokely Carmichael from the balcony of the building along with a Viet Cong flag. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris, File)
![Anthony Camerano FILE - Columbia University students forming a blockade around Low Memorial Library on the New York City campus, eat sandwiches and drink milk while preventing food from being taken to student demonstrators inside, April 29, 1968. Later, friends of the student protesters were able to throw some food up to them. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d779dd409eba4d8d9aba904c6ac72650/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Columbia University students forming a blockade around Low Memorial Library on the New York City campus, eat sandwiches and drink milk while preventing food from being taken to student demonstrators inside, April 29, 1968. Later, friends of the student protesters were able to throw some food up to them. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)
![John Duricka FILE - Demonstrators and students protesting the war in Vietnam are seen at the plaza in front of Columbia University's Low Memorial Library in New York, April 27, 1968. Policemen line the steps of the library, one of five buildings that protesters continue to occupy during the sit-in. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a0bdfe0fcba8463ebd4b437e2b151fc6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Demonstrators and students protesting the war in Vietnam are seen at the plaza in front of Columbia University's Low Memorial Library in New York, April 27, 1968. Policemen line the steps of the library, one of five buildings that protesters continue to occupy during the sit-in. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
![Andres Kudacki A protester places a Palestinian flag at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, in New York, Sunday, April 28, 2024, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0f672f65e0a3403ca1f35333bc8349e4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A protester places a Palestinian flag at a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, in New York, Sunday, April 28, 2024, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
![Uncredited FILE - New York City plainclothes policemen drop a student protester on the ground after he and others holding a sit-in at Columbia University building were removed, April 30, 1968. (AP Photo/File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1451c1365fde4081a2119088669135bf/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - New York City plainclothes policemen drop a student protester on the ground after he and others holding a sit-in at Columbia University building were removed, April 30, 1968. (AP Photo/File)
![Andres Kudacki An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a Palestinian flag in support of the pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, outside Columbia University campus on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c0bed00469b7481c86cc78d30a901543/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a Palestinian flag in support of the pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, outside Columbia University campus on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
![Andres Kudacki People listen to a speaker at a pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, at Columbia University on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/59e0068b60e846f1a6d1aca40735a80b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
People listen to a speaker at a pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, at Columbia University on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
![Andres Kudacki Students talk sitting on a bench during a pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, inside Columbia University campus on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/10aeaafe4e594ea4882f0bb9d1dd1e1d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Students talk sitting on a bench during a pro-Palestinian encampment, advocating for financial disclosure and divestment from all companies tied to Israel and calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, inside Columbia University campus on Sunday, April 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
![Uncredited FILE - Mark Rudd, a leader of the student protest at Columbia University in New York City, is interviewed outside Low Memorial Library, background, April 25, 1968, which has been occupied by students since the previous day. Rudd said the purpose of the protest was to "hit at" what he claimed was the university's policy of "racism and support for imperialism." (AP Photo/File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6ce050936b594e83881ae7cdca0ab04c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Mark Rudd, a leader of the student protest at Columbia University in New York City, is interviewed outside Low Memorial Library, background, April 25, 1968, which has been occupied by students since the previous day. Rudd said the purpose of the protest was to "hit at" what he claimed was the university's policy of "racism and support for imperialism." (AP Photo/File)