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Hamilton Hall Has a Long History of Student Takeovers
Hamilton Hall‚ the building at Columbia University that protesters occupied early Tuesday morning‚ has been occupied several times by student activists over the past half-century.
Here are some of the notable moments of student protest at the building.
1968
The building‚ which opened in 1907‚ was the first that hundreds of students seized in April 1968 during protests over the Vietnam War‚ racism and Columbia’s plans to build a gymnasium in nearby Morningside Park....