On May 3, 1968, a group of Black students at Northwestern University made headlines when they occupied the university's main financial building and announced that they would not leave until their demands were met. Their demands, submitted to university officials in April 1968, focused on a range of issues, from campus conditions to the racism they faced at Northwestern. Over the course of two momentous days, the whole world watched as events on the campus unfolded. Drawing from archival sources and interviews with some of the takeover's key players, the book pieces together the events of May 1968 as they unfolded; it also takes a broader view, stepping back from those two crucial days to examine what led to the takeover and what transpired in its aftermath.
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978-0-9906574-9-1 (9780990657491)
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Jenny Thompson is a historian and non-profit consultant. She was formerly the Director of Education at the Evanston History Center in Evanston, Illinois. A graduate of San Francisco State University, she has an MA in American Studies from the George Washington University and a PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland. She has taught courses in American Studies and U.S. history at the University of Maryland and at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Her work focuses on twentieth-century American history and culture. She is the author of War Games: Inside the World of 20th-Century War Reenactors (Smithsonian Books, 2004). Her essays have appeared in various anthologies and publications, including the New York Times.
