After the NYPD cleared Hamilton Hall and other buildings during the protests at Columbia University in April 1968, the demonstrations gained national and international focus.
The construction of a separate entrance for athletes at the new gymnasium, leading to segregation, was named 'Gym Crow' by the protesters at Columbia University in 1968.
The occupation of Hamilton Hall by Black students was initially peaceful, with a ceremonial nonviolent exit; the other buildings were taken over by Students for a Democratic Society, where most police violence occurred.
The political tensions after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in April 1968 added to the charged atmosphere at Columbia University, drawing parallels but differences to the ongoing Gaza protests.
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