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At the intersection of 2 broad & potent forces-Black revolt & student revolt-the Howard U student protest movement erupted in Spr 1968 in a student sit-in at the administration Building & a closing of this predominantly black Sch. On the day classes resumed after the settlement, 1's were admin'ed to a large representative sample of Liberal Arts students, soliciting their opinions on all the major issues raised by the protest movement. With regard to each of 18 statements made by movement spokesmen, the students were asked first to indicate whether they were concerned or knowledgeable about the issue, & then to indicate the degree-on a 5-point Likert scale-of their agreement or disagreement with the spokesmen's position. Issues fell into 3 categories: academic grievances, black identity, & tactics of the movement. Ignorance or unconcern were remarkably low, showing a high degree of student awareness & involvement, but there were marked diff's in the degree of support with regard to the 3 categories of issues. Academic issues received conspicuously more support than the Black awareness issue. It appears that at that time the Black militants provided much of the rhetoric & direction of the movement, but broad & essential participation came from large segments of the student body not ideologically committed to the Blacl,,: revolution. New developments a yr after the survey were noted impressionistically. They included the proliferation of the movement into other parts of the campus, including graduate Sch's, & the emphasis primarily on fuller student participation in the content & conduct of the entire academic program. The frame of reference had broadened from the campus to the entire black community & the entire white world. AA.