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The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University was the first Ethnic studies college in the United States. [1]
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The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University was the first Ethnic studies college in the United States. [1]
In 1968, the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) was created as a coalition of student groups at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) and the University of California, Berkeley. The coalition opposed Eurocentrism in higher education and a lack of diversity.
In 1968 and 1969, the TWLF held the longest student strikes in American history at SF State College with the goal of having fifteen demands be met. [2]
The college was founded in Fall 1969 to meet a portion of the demands. [3]
In 2016, hundreds of students protested against budget cuts to the college and for the expansion of the college's programs. [4]
Until 2019, the college was the only College of Ethnic Studies in the United States. The second College of Ethnic Studies was established at California State University, Los Angeles. [5]
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