LEADER 04467nam 22007575 450 001 9910882893003321 005 20250808090425.0 010 $a9783031547942 010 $a3031547942 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-54794-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31612569 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31612569 035 $a(CKB)34227759300041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-54794-2 035 $a(OCoLC)1453306415 035 $a(EXLCZ)9934227759300041 100 $a20240823d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aStudent Activism in 1960s America $eStories from Queens College /$fby Magnus O. Bassey 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (294 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements,$x2634-6567 311 08$a9783031547935 311 08$a3031547934 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Queens College: A History -- 3. The Pioneers -- 4. The Trailblazers -- 5. The Bridge Leaders -- 6. The Rebuilders -- 7. Those Who Volunteered and Why They Volunteered -- 8. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book sheds light on the untold stories of individual student activists at Queens College, New York City, during the 1960s. Against the backdrop of the ongoing Vietnam War and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, some Americans began to lose faith in their government. Based on injustices that students saw in their campuses, in the country, and in the world at large, they began to question their political leaders. Students organized their discontents over three major issues: civil rights, free speech, and anti-war sentiments. Their protests involved direct actions such as sit-ins, marches, picketing, and boycotts. At Queens College (QC), as the students moved away from the repressive McCarthy era of the 1950s, they began to confront and challenge those in power at the college in the 1960s. The defining characteristic of this break from the past was a student strike in 1961 in objection to the ban of controversial speakers who had been invited to campus by student clubs. The student strike of 1961 gave the activists among them a direct and immediate way to fight power on campus and to fight racism and discrimination. The author argues that student movements cannot be attributed to a single explanation, and therefore, he focuses on individual historical contexts, presenting first-person narratives from the actual participants, and tells their stories in their own voices, from their own records, and from the documents they left behind. The book identifies the QC student activists of the 1960s, exploring how and why they became activists; their activities; their achievement as activists; and what motivated them to think that they could make history themselves by confronting racism. It provides an intimate look at the students? lives and their social justice journey, beginning at Queens College and as they moved into their careers. Magnus O. Bassey is Professor in the Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services at Queens College, the City University of New York, USA. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements,$x2634-6567 606 $aSocial history 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSocial justice 606 $aEducation$xHistory 606 $aOral history 606 $aSocial History 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aUS History 606 $aSocial Justice 606 $aHistory of Education 606 $aOral History 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial justice. 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aOral history. 615 14$aSocial History. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aUS History. 615 24$aSocial Justice. 615 24$aHistory of Education. 615 24$aOral History. 676 $a378.1981 700 $aBassey$b Magnus O.$01766198 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910882893003321 996 $aStudent Activism in 1960s America$94209957 997 $aUNINA