<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Free Speech Movement (FSM) was a massive, long - lasting student protest which took place during the 1964--65 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley . The Movement was informally under the central leadership of Berkeley graduate student Mario Savio . Other student leaders include Jack Weinberg, Michael Rossman, George Barton, Brian Turner, Bettina Aptheker, Steve Weissman, Michael Teal, Art Goldberg, Jackie Goldberg, and others . </P> <P> With the participation of thousands of students, the Free Speech Movement was the first mass civil disobedience in college campus of the United States during 1960s . Students insisted that the university administration lift the ban of on - campus political activities and acknowledge the students' right to free speech and academic freedom . The Free Speech Movement was under the influence of the New Left, and was also related to the American Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement . It exhibits far - reaching influence on the political views and values of generations of college students, university administrations, and the general public in the United States . </P>

The student movement that began at the university of california at berkeley in 1964