Robert Luskin's files relating to the book, The Harvard Strike, ca. 1970.
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Luskin, Robert David.
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In April 1969, Harvard University experienced a two-week period of almost daily crisis. Harvard students vehemently expressed their concerns regarding the Vietnam War and other social and political issues with protests, including the take-over of a university administration building. Robert Luskin who was a graduate student at the time of the incident, and a number of other authors including Lawrence E. Eichel, wrote about the strike in a book entitled "The Harvard strike." From the ...
