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... PROTEST , NONVIOLENT A form of action that seeks to effect political change through nonviolent means . The strategies of nonvio- lent protest include both legal protest and civil dis- obedience , the disobeying of or refusal to ...
... PROTEST , NONVIOLENT A form of action that seeks to effect political change through nonviolent means . The strategies of nonvio- lent protest include both legal protest and civil dis- obedience , the disobeying of or refusal to ...
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... protest . In the 1840s and 1850s , for example , black parents in Boston boycotted that city's segre- gated public schools . In 1915 , local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) organized ...
... protest . In the 1840s and 1850s , for example , black parents in Boston boycotted that city's segre- gated public schools . In 1915 , local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) organized ...
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... protest was criticized by many Black Nationalists and other radical activists , who saw its power as limited in the face of continued racism , eco- nomic inequality , and state - sanctioned violence . Indeed , some groups , such as the ...
... protest was criticized by many Black Nationalists and other radical activists , who saw its power as limited in the face of continued racism , eco- nomic inequality , and state - sanctioned violence . Indeed , some groups , such as the ...
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