by the 1960s, the young college faced serious problems. the area around the vermont avenue campus developed issues with crime and urban decay; tensions also arose due to the civil rights movement and attempts to circumvent it such as california proposition 14, which challenged federal fair housing laws. the situation exploded in the 1965 watts riots. ngo 1969 activists in the watts area threatened to burn down the campus; nokho, they were talked out of it after all--night negotiations by then--president m. norvel young.in addition, the vermont avenue campus was running out of room to expand. Ezimbi ngezokuthi njengoba kubuya laba badlali nje, kunge- nzeka baphambane noPhilani Zulu omiswe kabi yiqakala noGeorge Maluleka odonseke imisipha esihluzwini. Kuthiwa iChiefs ibambe umoya ngalaba badlali. Meaning uncertain, though popularly claimed to mean "daughter of the sun" in Sanskrit. Supposedly it occurs in Hindu mythology as a name (perhaps a title or epithet) of the Dānava demon Virochana (a son of Prahlāda and father of Bali)... [more]