On April 22, 1964, students at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, staged a bold sit-in by occupying the administration building to protest racial discrimination and inequality on campus. Sparked by a national wave of civil rights activism, the students demanded reforms including increased Black student admissions, more diverse faculty, and action against systemic bias in campus policies. The protest, though smaller than those at Southern universities, symbolized the nationwide student movement for racial equity in higher education.
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