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• June 6 , 1968 - Robert F. Kennedy was a candidate for President of the United States
when he was assassinated in Los Angeles, California.

• September – Headline in the Spelman Spotlight read, “Spelman Girls Go Greek,”

sororities are permitted for the first time on campus.

• Bettianne Childers shares her summer experience in Kenya.
• November 6 – 13 – Spelman Student Revolution resulted in the elimination of curfews,

compulsory sign-out, mandatory dress code, as well as curriculum and program

changes.
• In November Shirley Chisholm of New York is the first black woman elected to the

U.S. Congress.

1969

• January 8–18 – Student protesters at Brandeis University take over Ford and

Sydeman Halls, demanding creation of an Afro-American Department. This is

approved by the University on April 24.
• January 27 - Students “liberated” the AU Center and established the University of New

Africa.

• February 13 – National Guard with teargas and riot sticks crush a pro-black student

demonstration at University of Wisconsin.

• February 16 – After 3 days of clashes between police and Duke University students,

the school agrees to establish a Black Studies program.

• February 23 – UNC Food Worker Strike begins when workers abandon their positions

in Lenoir Hall protesting racial injustice