While correcting the texts for the San Bernardino Sun, 24 May 1969 on the California Digital Newspaper Collection, I came across a couple of pages full of articles on the various incidents occurring at that time on college campuses across the country.
There was mention of strikes at UC Riverside in solidarity with student strikers in Berkeley, mention of the LA city council calling for President Nixon to start a federal investigation into the beating of white students by “negro militants” at LA City College and this, which I was unfamiliar with:
Guardsmen Attack N. Carolina
Dormitory, Oust Negro Snipers
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
National Guardsmen using aircraft, rifles, smoke bombs
and tear gas routed black militant snipers from a dormitory
at North Carolina A&T University yesterday and methodically
swept through every building on the Negro campus.
In a dawn assault at Greensboro, covered by a light plane
and helicopter which dropped tear gas canisters, some 800
Guardsmen captured Scott Hall, a dormitory where armed
black militants had holed up sniping at police and soldiers
since Thursday.
The troops fired rifles and lobbed canisters of gas as they
poured into the dormitory and routed the holdouts. Windows were
shattered, doors splintered and brick walls flecked with bullets
scars.
At least seven persons, including five policemen, were injured in
a gun battle that erupted after midnight and triggered the
National Guard charge.
But Guard officials said their troops suffered only one casualty
a military policeman shot in the arm in the securing of Scott Hall.
An estimated 200 persons were taken into “protective custody” and
released about three hours later, said Police Col. W A, Burch.
They were taken away (from the campus) for their own protection.”
Burch said A number of firearms were confiscated in the sweep of
the buildings but Burch said he did not know how many guns or what
type of guns were taken.
Four television newsmen from the Columbia Broadcasting System
were arrested on charges Of interfering with police.
This made me curious so here are some links to background on the 1969 Greensboro uprising: Wikipedia has this article on the incident which frames the events with more background and perspective.
Dudley High School/NC A&T University Disturbances, May 1969 contains an essay on the incident by Karen Hawkins, PhD candidate, UNCG which reads well, one of the very few internet articles which are not direct pull from Wikipedia, but it paints the incidents with typical white dismissiveness.
One student, Willie Grimes, who was not involved in the protests was killed, it is not known by whom.