The
Columbia University protests of 1968 were among the many student demonstrations that occurred around the world in that year. The Columbia protests erupted over the spring of that year after students discovered links between the university and the institutional apparatus supporting the United States' involvement in the
Vietnam War, as well as their concern over an allegedly segregatory gymnasium to be constructed in the nearby
Morningside Park. The protests resulted in the student occupation of many university buildings and the eventual violent removal of protesters by the
New York City Police Department.