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Article: UDC Students Rally at District Building
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 10, 1990
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Students from the University of the District of Columbia, fresh
from their first day of classes after an 11-day protest, rallied
downtown late yesterday afternoon to pressure the D.C. Council to
change the makeup of the UDC Board of Trustees.
About 150 students arrived at the District Building just after 6
p.m. They marched across Freedom Plaza carrying a banner that said
"Kiamsha"-a Swahili word that means "that which wakes you up," the
name students gave to their movement-and chanting words from the
popular song, "It's Time for a Change."
"We want to make our presence felt," said Mark Thompson, 23, one
of the protest leaders. "It is urgent that we do so. We plan to
fully participate in ...