how many students joined the protest against woolworths on 1st february 1960
70,000
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what did the 1961 freedom rides challenge?
segregation in interstate travel
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what happened in albany georgia 1961-62?
9 students started a protest which prompted ovefr 500 to join them including MLK, who was arrested, it failed as segregation remained in state facilities.
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what date did the boycotts and protests happen in Birmingham Alabama
3rd April- 8th May 1963
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what did Adam Fairclough say?
The power of nonviolence lay in its ability to symbolise the power of segregation
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How many protesters joined the march on Washington (28th August 1963)
200,000-300,000
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When was the Civil Rights Act passed that banned discrimination in employment etc?
2nd July 1964
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what did the SNCC do in Mississippi?
grassroots activism- wanted AAs to have share in political power
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What did the Voting Rights Act 1965 do?
eliminated discriminitive voting practices
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When was Selma Alabama?
7th March 1965
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how many people died/ injured/ arrested in the Watts riots?
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