: Thousands of people were expelled from the Communist Party. Journalists, professors, and students were fired from their jobs.
: It began largely with the 1967 "Declaration on the Name and Position of the Croatian Literary Language," which demanded the official recognition of Croatian as distinct from "Serbo-Croatian." The Croatian Spring: Nationalism, Repression an...
: Paradoxically, many of the economic and decentralization demands of the movement were incorporated into the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution, which gave more power to the republics. : Thousands of people were expelled from the Communist Party
: The movement is seen by many historians as the spiritual precursor to the Croatian quest for independence in the early 1990s. The leaders and ideas of the "Spring" resurfaced during the collapse of Yugoslavia. : The movement is seen by many historians
: Hundreds of activists were arrested. Notable figures like future president Franjo Tuđman and dissident Stjepan Mesić served prison sentences during this period. 4. Historical Legacy
By 1971, the movement had expanded from intellectual circles to the masses, including students and factory workers.