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The Boston State College Black student protesters marched out of the occupied room with their arms raised in the Black Power salute

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Gift; John BoorasDate from item or material accompanying item.Title supplied by cataloger.Additional information accompanying item: UMass... Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) sit-in... April 23, 1969. Black students took over a room in the administration building at Boston State College. They had a list of 8 demands that included a call for more black instructors and students, a black dean, and black recruiting.
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