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Paris Students’ Revolt |
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| In May 1968 students at the University of Paris, in France, went on strike and occupied university buildings. Their example set off protests throughout the country, culminating in a general strike that virtually paralyzed the nation. Shown here, barricades of overturned cars block Rue Gay-Lussac in Paris after a night of rioting during which students fought police for 12 hours; nearly 1,500 people were hurt in the rioting, many of them seriously. | ||||||
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