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This 3 page paper explores the roots of campus activism at Berkeley in the 1960s, as well as why the movement failed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of a young, energetic, charismatic president, John F. Kennedy; and ended in disarray, with JFK, his brother Bobby, and Martin Luther King all dead, and the American dream dying with
them. This paper considers the roots of radicalism in California in the 1960s and why the radicals grew disillusioned with California society. Discussion Rorabaughs essay "Berkeley in the 1960s" tells
us specifically where we are going to be looking for our examples of radicalism in California: the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley has long had a
reputation for liberalism and activism, and that may well have been established at this time, when student protests and activism mounted, culminating in a sit-in that paralyzed the campus for
over a day. But Rorabaugh suggests that the underlying issue that energized all the groups in California (conservatives, liberals, radicals, blacks, etc.) was power; the students at UCB believed
that power should flow from the people to those at the top, rather than from the top down (Rorabaugh, 1989). The students were energized by the return of those who
had been in Mississippi working for civil rights, and there was a great deal of activism on campus. The crisis erupted when the university began to clamp down on student
activists. When we consider this, it is very strange. Universities are places where young people are encouraged to listen to other people who have opposing views, and to learn to
think for themselves. People in college often find that they change their political affiliation, beliefs, and other strongly held convictions by the end of their studies. So for any college
to curtail the freedom of expression that is so vital to university life is very odd, especially one as liberal as Berkeley. Rorabaugh doesnt go into the reasons why college
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