3-08. College and Career: Columbia Student Uprising, Part 2
Title
3-08. College and Career: Columbia Student Uprising, Part 2
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Description
In this recording, part of a larger video memoir project, lifetime activist and educator Suzanne Ross speaks about the Columbia student uprising of 1968, part 2 of 2.
From Suzanne: "In April 1968 a major event took place in NYC—the student uprising at Columbia. I was totally into it, learning so much. Heard Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and H. Rap Brown (Imam Jamil Al Amin). Met Mark Rudd and J.J. who were in SDS and provided me with the entrée into the Weather Underground two years later. I became profoundly radicalized, by the two issues which the students were fighting about: the “Apartheid” gym scheduled to be built in Morningside Park, as part of the Columbia gentrification plan, and the IDA research being conducted at Columbia which was part of the overall Vietnam War effort that Columbia was secretly aiding. Both challenges were successful and inspired me to become a militant activist."
From Suzanne: "In April 1968 a major event took place in NYC—the student uprising at Columbia. I was totally into it, learning so much. Heard Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and H. Rap Brown (Imam Jamil Al Amin). Met Mark Rudd and J.J. who were in SDS and provided me with the entrée into the Weather Underground two years later. I became profoundly radicalized, by the two issues which the students were fighting about: the “Apartheid” gym scheduled to be built in Morningside Park, as part of the Columbia gentrification plan, and the IDA research being conducted at Columbia which was part of the overall Vietnam War effort that Columbia was secretly aiding. Both challenges were successful and inspired me to become a militant activist."
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Date
2022
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Format
MP4
Language
English
Type
Video memoir
Identifier
AV-ROSS.025
Original Format
MP4
Duration
00:20:33
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Collection
Citation
Ross, Suzanne, “3-08. College and Career: Columbia Student Uprising, Part 2,” Bronx History Online, accessed May 17, 2025, https://digital.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/AV-ROSS/AV-ROSS.025.
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