Wednesday, April 24
WEDNESDAY April 24
5:30 a.m. White students evicted from Hamilton Hall by black students
6:15 a.m. Students break into Low Library and seize President Kirk's offices
10:00 a.m. Faculty with offices in occupied Hamilton Hall begin congregating in 301 Philosophy Hall
3:30 p.m. Dean Coleman released from Hamilton Hall and goes directly to the Faculty meeting being held in Havemeyer Hall
8:00 p.m. Administration makes unsuccessful compromise offer to black students
Evening Avery Hall occupied by architecture graduate students who refused to vacate the premises.
Students occupying President Kirk's office
Courtesy of Columbia College Today, Larry Mulvehill, photographer, 1968
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