SFSU College of Ethnic Studies explained

The College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University was the first Ethnic studies college in the United States.^[1]

History

In 1968, the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) was created as a coalition of student groups at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University) and the University of California, Berkeley. The coalition opposed Eurocentrism in higher education and a lack of diversity.

In 1968 and 1969, the TWLF held the longest student strikes in American history at SF State College with the goal of having fifteen demands be met.^[2]

The college was founded in Fall 1969 to meet a portion of the demands.^[3]

In 2016, hundreds of students protested against budget cuts to the college and for the expansion of the college's programs.^[4]

Until 2019, the college was the only College of Ethnic Studies in the United States. The second College of Ethnic Studies was established at California State University, Los Angeles.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-07-30 . Ethnic Studies: Born in the Bay Area from History's Biggest Student Strike . 2023-12-31 . KQED . en-us.
2. Web site: 2014-11-29 . San Francisco State College Strike Collection-Bibliography of Secondary Source Materials . 2024-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034818/http://www.library.sfsu.edu/exhibits/strike/case3-text.html . November 29, 2014 .
3. Web site: Our History College of Ethnic Studies . 2024-01-01 . ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu.
4. Web site: Asimov . Nanette . 2016-02-27 . Raucous confrontation at SF State over ethnic studies cuts . 2024-01-01 . SFGATE . en.
5. Web site: College of Ethnic Studies Cal State LA . 2024-01-01 . www.calstatela.edu.