The Free Speech Movement (FSM) was a massive, long-lasting student protest which took place during the 1964–65 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. [1] The Movement was informally under the central leadership of Berkeley graduate student Mario Savio . …

They situate the Free Speech Movement in the context of larger political issues and social movements that preceded the movement, such as the Civil Rights Movement and the Loyalty Oath controversy, and those which came after, such as the anti-Vietnam War activism.

…formed a protest group, the Free Speech Movement, which kept student involvement and activism high for months. Read More

The Free Speech Movement began in 1964 when UC Berkeley students protested the university’s restrictions on political activities on campus. Small sit-ins and demonstrations escalated into a series of large-scale rallies and protests demanding full constitutional rights on campus.

2024年9月30日 · The Free Speech Movement, like the anti-apartheid activism that would follow, resulted in victory — a vote by Berkeley’s Academic Senate to lift restrictions on the content of speech on campus. The movement went on to inspire students fighting for …

2009年1月1日 · The Berkeley Free Speech Movement refers to a group of college students who, during the 1960s, challenged many campus regulations limiting their free-speech rights.

The Free Speech Movement began in 1964, when students at the University of California, Berkeley protested a ban on on-campus political activities. The protest was led by several students, who also demanded their right to free speech and academic freedom.

Sixty years ago, the Free Speech Movement was born here at UC Berkeley, igniting a powerful wave of activism that swept the country. Thanks to the thousands who protested here in 1964, universities nationwide began to ensure students’ rights to free political speech.

The confrontation that prompted the Berkeley Free Speech Movement occurred between campus officials and civil rights activists anti-war protestors and the police

Just over sixty years ago, Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement (FSM) won a historic victory for student free speech rights after a semester of protest, including the most extensive use of civil disobedience on campus and the largest mass arrest (of more than seven hundred students)