State troopers used tear gas to suppress student demonstrations at Alcorn A&M College (now Alcorn State University) in Mississippi. The protests were part of a wave of student activism demanding better campus conditions, academic reforms, and the resignation of the college president. This event underscored the growing role of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the civil rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s.
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