The Computer Centre Party: Canada Meets Black Power
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The Computer Centre Party: Canada Meets Black Power
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| Abstract |
A protest in 1968 by six Black Caribbean students at Montreal's Sir George Williams University (now part of Concordia University), who accused a biology professor of racism in his assignments marking, led to the occupation of the school's computer center in January 1969 by up to 400 people. On February 11, 1969, a riot broke out between the protesters and the police and the computer centre suffered damages estimated at $2 million when a fire broke out. Some 95 people were arrested. A special committee of the university looking into the accusation against the biology professor determined that there was nothing in the evidence before them to substantiate a general charge of racism. The author spent five months interviewing hundreds of individuals connected in some way with Canada's most costly student confrontation, examining stacks of documents and newspapers, and attending weeks of court hearings to produce a complete record of what happened.
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Montreal
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Tundra Books
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1969
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| # of Pages |
318-[21] p.
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| Language |
en
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| Citation |
Eber, Dorothy. The Computer Centre Party: Canada Meets Black Power. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1969.
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