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What's the history of 'outside agitators'? Here's what to know about the label and campus protests
![Laila Al-Arian FILE - In this photo provided by Laila Al-Arian, Nahla Al-Arian visits the pro-Palestinian protesters encampment on the campus of Columbia University, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York. (Laila Al-Arian via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b3aea6f0f14d40999394458fcbb2fca3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - In this photo provided by Laila Al-Arian, Nahla Al-Arian visits the pro-Palestinian protesters encampment on the campus of Columbia University, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in New York. (Laila Al-Arian via AP, File)
![Joe Songer FILE - A historical marker commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his historic "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is seen after it was unveiled in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (Joe Songer/AL.com/The Birmingham News via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1cb37b3d80944d23bebf1a07a8cee42e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A historical marker commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his historic "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is seen after it was unveiled in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (Joe Songer/AL.com/The Birmingham News via AP, File)
![Jose Luis Magana FILE - Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., accompanied by other members of Congress, speaks to the media after they toured the George Washington University students encampment as they protest over the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f2185a690da24b308e291b5b3b97ce61/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C., accompanied by other members of Congress, speaks to the media after they toured the George Washington University students encampment as they protest over the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
![Mary Altaffer FILE - Protesters demonstrate against the war in Gaza outside the entrance to the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6c5de2987ca1424c98280c5d3b390f0b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Protesters demonstrate against the war in Gaza outside the entrance to the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
![Steven Senne FILE - A graduate student of Harvard Law School displays the message "Black Lives Matter" on his mortar board during Harvard University commencement exercises in Cambridge, Mass., May 28, 2015. Black Lives Matter has gone mainstream, and Black activists are carefully assessing how they should respond. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/842cc8e40b0546aaa2b580b68114116b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A graduate student of Harvard Law School displays the message "Black Lives Matter" on his mortar board during Harvard University commencement exercises in Cambridge, Mass., May 28, 2015. Black Lives Matter has gone mainstream, and Black activists are carefully assessing how they should respond. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
![Lm Otero FILE - People gather to protest against the Israel-Hamas war at a plaza at the University of Texas at Dallas, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/567019abe262409ca44193f7d89f0593/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People gather to protest against the Israel-Hamas war at a plaza at the University of Texas at Dallas, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Richardson, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
![Mark Schiefelbein FILE - People stand atop a pile of barricades as they lead a chant at an encampment by students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/db37f885556d434c8f913401ddc11bd1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - People stand atop a pile of barricades as they lead a chant at an encampment by students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
![Jose Luis Magana FILE - Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., accompanied by other members of Congress, speaks to the media after they toured the George Washington University students encampment as they protest over the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c258a42e434243e5bb67860c8fdbec04/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., accompanied by other members of Congress, speaks to the media after they toured the George Washington University students encampment as they protest over the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
![Jae C. Hong FILE - Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c93b6daff69147c0a17d402dda11be16/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
![Uncredited FILE - Black activists are seen picketing outside Rich's department store protesting against segregated eating facilities at one of its lunch counters in Atlanta, Oct. 19, 1960. The activists who had taken seats inside the store were arrested. Following the publication of "An Appeal for Human Rights," March 9, 1960, students at Atlanta's historically Black colleges waged a nonviolent campaign of boycotts and sit-ins protesting segregation at restaurants, theaters, parks and government buildings. (AP Photo/File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/394b4c71b4c74b92bffbdd0f852c25e5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Black activists are seen picketing outside Rich's department store protesting against segregated eating facilities at one of its lunch counters in Atlanta, Oct. 19, 1960. The activists who had taken seats inside the store were arrested. Following the publication of "An Appeal for Human Rights," March 9, 1960, students at Atlanta's historically Black colleges waged a nonviolent campaign of boycotts and sit-ins protesting segregation at restaurants, theaters, parks and government buildings. (AP Photo/File)
![Ethan Swope FILE - Demonstrators line up behind makeshift shields as police prepare to advance on them on the UCLA campus, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/556ead8c55ab40cd8bf756f6b263e0d7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Demonstrators line up behind makeshift shields as police prepare to advance on them on the UCLA campus, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
![Horace Cort FILE - The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, foreground left, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., foreground right, lead a column of demonstrators as they attempt to march on Birmingham, Ala., City Hall, April 12, 1963. Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in 1963, King spent days in solitary confinement writing his "Letter From Birmingham Jail," which was smuggled out and stirred the world by explaining why Black people couldn't keep waiting for fair treatment. (AP Photo/Horace Cort, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/a49216e1a07741fd8413aac167761777/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, foreground left, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., foreground right, lead a column of demonstrators as they attempt to march on Birmingham, Ala., City Hall, April 12, 1963. Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in 1963, King spent days in solitary confinement writing his "Letter From Birmingham Jail," which was smuggled out and stirred the world by explaining why Black people couldn't keep waiting for fair treatment. (AP Photo/Horace Cort, File)
![Vasha Hunt FILE - The University of Alabama football team displays signs as they and fellow athletes from other sports march on campus, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/54936848a8eb466a92fc146481f0e352/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The University of Alabama football team displays signs as they and fellow athletes from other sports march on campus, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)
![Jae C. Hong FILE - Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b53258d8b089406cbb28067e66f925a0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
![Ted S. Warren FILE - Police pepper spray protesters near Seattle Central College in Seattle during a march and protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Seattle, July 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b7c80b29bf01483a8bdaa1c595cc7ce7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Police pepper spray protesters near Seattle Central College in Seattle during a march and protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Seattle, July 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)