‘Disruption Or Destruction’

Winter 1969. Black students at UW lead a weekslong strike that grinds the university to a halt. Their demands aim to make the overwhelmingly white institution more welcoming and accountable to minority students. Today the strike is remembered as one of the most noteworthy and successful protests in UW history. But there’s much more to the story than just a few weeks of civil disobedience. 

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