Conservative protestors attacked a mock shanty town that had been erected on the Green at Dartmouth College as part of anti-apartheid protests.

Shanty town

Improvised human settlement

A shanty town, squatter area, squatter settlement, or squatter camp is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood, or from cheap building materials such as corrugated iron sheets. A typical shanty town is…

The Green (Dartmouth College)

Grass field at Dartmouth College

The Green is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was among the first parcels of land obtained by the college upon its founding in 1769, and is the only creation…

Dartmouth College

Private college in Hanover, New Hampshire, US

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Emerging into national prominence at the turn…

1985–1986 Dartmouth College anti-apartheid protests

Beginning in 1985, student activists at Dartmouth College, a private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, protested against the university's policy of investing in companies that operated in South Africa. The protests were part of a wider anti-apartheid movement in the United…

January 21

Day of the year

January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 344 days remain until the end of the year.