In the fall of 1968, students at San Francisco State University went on strike, trading their classrooms for picket lines and demanding a university where, for the first time, students of color could see themselves in the curriculums. The movement, which united students across racial groups, was led by the first-ever Black Student Union and another group whose name still rests on a plaque at SF State’s ethnic studies building: the Third World Liberation Front. Today, the battleground has moved to the K-12 level, where the echoes of this movement in the 1960s and '70s can be heard in the rallying cries of student activists as they push for equitable curriculums and oppose an onslaught of critical race theory bans limiting how teachers can discuss race in classrooms. Many young activists who spoke to USA TODAY said they feel they are walking in the footsteps of the student activists before them. Read the full story by clicking the link in our bio! 📸: @APNews and Panther Anti-Racist Student Union