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The campus protests in Atlanta this spring are not new. They follow decades of college activism. In this file photo, Ohio National Guard soldiers move in on war protestors at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, May 4, 1970. Four persons were killed and multiple people were wounded when National Guardsmen opened fire. (Akron Beacon Journal via AP, File)

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Explaining America’s long history with campus protests

College campuses nationwide, in response to the United States’ role and policies around the Israel-Hamas war, have become battlegrounds for protests harkening back to the past, while threatening political stability today. Students have established encampments and, in some cases, taken over campus buildings to protest the war. Many claim inspiration from the country’s long history of activism on college campuses.