Ethnic Studies at Columbia University

Ethnic Studies at Columbia University

Students of color at Columbia University continued to pressure for an Ethnic Studies department. A coalition of the Committee on Asian American Studies, a Committee on Latino Studies, and the Black Students Organization organized a sit-in at the College Dean of Students. This sit-in turned into 2 building take-overs, lasting as long as five days, as well as a week-long campus lock-out of media and non-Columbia people.

Irene Shen

Voice, Summer 1996

February 6, 1996