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Two white women carry a banner between them with a line of demonstrators behind them.
Take Back the Night March at Duke University, 1984. (Photo: Peter Aman, Duke University Archives).

First Take Back the Night marches take place.

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Take Back the Night March at Duke University, 1984. (Photo: Peter Aman, Duke University Archives).

Women at the University of Florida dress as witches and march through campus demanding safety for women. Similar events take place around the same time elsewhere around the country, which eventually leads to the creation of a national Take Back the Night movement focused on ending sexual violence.