Vivian Simpson protested the harsh gender discrimination and sexual harassement at UM during the supposedly “liberated” 1920’s.

Mike Tabor was active in UM SDS in the mid 1960’s, particularly around civil rights issues.In 2005, he was given the Paul Shnitzer Social Justice and Ethics Award at Temple Emanuel in Kensington Md. This is his acceptance speech where he reflects on his lifelong commitment to the Movement.

“Why all these bugles crying,
For squads of young men drilled,
To kill and to be killed,
And waiting by this train.

by Craig Simpson: On the weekend of Nixon’s 1969 inaugural ceremonies, anti-war protestors gathered to make their feelings clear. Craig Simpson was among those present.

Susan MacAdams reflects on her life going back to the days when she occupied Route One in 1970--and what a life it’s been.....

On May 14, 1970, students battled cops and the National Guard for control of the UM campus. The university was on strike against war, racism and other injustices at the time.

by Ron Jacobs

While I was at the University of Maryland during the 1974-1975 academic year one of the projects among the leftist counterculture community was supporting a group of students who wanted to start a food co-op on campus.