[garinda]

Originally Posted by garinda

Maybe a few were along for the ride, but student protests and actions did help change lots of things. The public perception about the war in Vietnam for one.

And let's not forget, without the added weight of student support on the campuses in the States, the struggle for civil liberties would probably still be going on, and those uppity niggers would still not be able to sit where they wanted on the bus.

...and let's not forget that thirty to forty years ago in this country, college campuses were the place were the women's liberation movement, the anti-apartheid movement, the gay right's movement, the anti-Nazi League, amongst others, were all founded and nurtured.