: 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."
: 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. The Croatian Spring: Nationalism, Repression an...
: 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 : It began largely with the 1967 "Declaration