List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024
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This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024 since protests escalated on April 17, beginning with the Columbia University campus occupation. Student protests have occurred in 45 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, with encampments, occupations, walkouts or sit-ins occurring on almost 140 U.S. campuses as of May 6.[1] Protests have also taken place in more than 25 countries.
List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States in 2024 | |
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Part of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses and Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States | |
Date | April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17) – present (1 month and 1 week) |
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Goals | Universities divestment from Israel |
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Demonstrations initially spread in the United States on April 22, when students at several universities on the East Coast—including New York University, Yale University, Emerson College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Tufts University—began occupying campuses, as well as experiencing mass arrests in New York and at Yale.[2] Protests emerged throughout the U.S. in the following days, with protest camps established on over 40 campuses.[3] On April 25, mass arrests occurred at Emerson College, the University of Southern California, and the University of Texas at Austin.[4]
A continued crackdown on April 27 led to approximately 275 arrests at Washington, Northeastern, Arizona State, and Indiana University Bloomington.[5][6] Several professors were among those detained at Emory University,[7] and at Washington University in St. Louis, university employees were arrested.[5] On April 28, counter-protests were held at MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[8] On April 30, approximately 300 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York;[9] and pro-Israel counter-protesters attacked the UCLA campus occupation,[10][11][12] The following day over 200 arrests were made at UCLA.[13] Hundreds of arrests ensued in May, notably[lower-alpha 1] at Art Institute of Chicago, University of California, San Diego and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.[14]