The document discusses the history and challenges of African American students and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that led to the Black Campus Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Key events that paved the way included the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, the Little Rock Nine in 1957, and sit-ins by Black students in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1960. The Movement aimed to fight for equality and representation at HBCUs during the Civil Rights era through protests and demonstrations. However, violent crackdowns by police resulted in deaths of students at Jackson State in 1970 and Southern University in 1972, contributing to the decline of the Movement.