The dust bowl destroyed their crops which meant they couldn’t make money by selling their crops.
The answer is addressed free speech and student's rights.
The movement was called Free Speech Movement (FSM), the movement began in 1964, when students at the University of California, Berkeley protested a ban on on-campus political activities. The protest was led by several students, who also demanded their right to free speech and academic freedom. The phenomenon of the movement was inspired first by the struggle for civil rights and later fueled by opposition to the Vietnam War.
