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One of the most important times of the United States history is the blacks’ struggle to gain equality. During this time, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements played an important role in gaining the freedom that was much wanted and needed for the black Americans. But the two movements gave more to the United States than the freedoms to a race; it influenced other groups such as the student movement. The student movement has shown us that no matter whom you are, you can make your voice heard and change the world. During the Civil Rights, black students played an important role in gaining certain rights that were taken away from black Americans by white America. The students took part in many protests including sit-ins; for example, in Grensboro, North Caroline and Nashville, Tennessee , black students sat down in white seats in diners and refused to give up their seats until they were served. Later on, when the police would start to arrest them, a whole new set of students would come and take the seats and then the process continued until the Police no longer could arrest them. These kinds of actions by the black students made the white students rethink the amount of influence they could have on the world. As result, the student movement started. In the beginning, the student movement was largely influenced by the non-violence aspect of the Civil Rights movement. Colleges and universities, at that time, had a view of “In Loco Parentis” ; which means, in place of parents or in other words, the faculty and staff acted as the parents. At University of California-Berkeley , the students were frustrated with having their freedoms restricted; therefore, they started protesting. In the beginning, the University officials took away ... ... middle of paper ... ...being part of the community, but throughout time the meaning fogged up behind all the smoke produced from marijuana and other drugs. Differently, the students when they were a large group; they were more politically involved and believed in a moral cause. But as group got smaller, they became more violent and their cause started got covered by smoke caused from bomb blasts. Throughout the history of the two groups, they had similarities and their differences. Since time frame for them was similar, the similarities were more dominate than their difference. I believe that it is these similarities in the socio-economic, cultural, and political situations that allowed the two groups to work successful in the same area as the other group. And because of the student radicals were also semi-countercultures; their situations were largely influenced by the counterculture.

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