On January 23, 1970, Northwestern Students for a Better Environment organized “Project Survival: A Public Teach-Out on the Environmental Problems of Species Man.” The all-night event attracted thousands of attendees. It also inspired this year’s student-led Earth Day event, “Generations of Environmental Justice.” The Daily’s From the Archives series dug deeper to learn more about this moment in history. 

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