History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 2000 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Free Speech Movement
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The idea
In nineteen sixty-four, at the University of California, Berkeley, rules restricting political advocacy on campus gave rise to the Free Speech Movement.
In practice
A student arrested in October for handing out CORE literature, and a mass sit-in that followed.
Where people slip
The anchor says the movement failed in the short term but inspired student activism across the country.
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