Radicals in the heartland : the 1960s student protest movement at the University of Illinois /

In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in lecture halls while explosions rocked a federal bu...

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Main Author: Metz, Michael V. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
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