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3 unusual facts about The Strawberry Statement


Business International Corporation

In his book The Strawberry Statement, former student protester James Kunen reports a description of Business International by an unnamed Students for a Democratic Society conference attendee in 1968.

The Strawberry Statement

The Strawberry Statement is a non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen, written when he was 19, which chronicled his experiences at Columbia University from 1966–1968, particularly the April 1968 protests and takeover of the office of the dean of Columbia by student protesters.

Kunen himself has said that the book's title owed just as much to the psychedelic name of the rock group the Strawberry Alarm Clock as to Deane's statement.


Andrew Parks

Born in Los Angeles, California to actors Larry Parks and Betty Garrett, Andrew Parks made his film debut at the age of eleven but did not continue his acting career for another eight years, beginning with The Strawberry Statement in 1970.

Getting Straight

Other films of this period with similar themes were Medium Cool (1969), R. P. M. (1970), directed by Stanley Kramer, and The Strawberry Statement (1970).


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