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  2. Category:Protests in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Protests in Virginia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes ...

  3. Selma to Montgomery marches - Wikipedia

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    In 1965, the road to Montgomery was four lanes wide going east from Selma, then narrowed to two lanes through Lowndes County, and widened to four lanes again at the Montgomery county border. Under the terms of Judge Johnson's order, the march was limited to no more than 300 participants for the two days they were on the two-lane portion of US 80.

  4. What's the history of 'outside agitators'? Here's what to ...

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    After dozens of students were arrested in May 4 demonstrations at the University of Virginia, a top law enforcement official suggested outsiders had “bull horns to direct the protesters on how ...

  5. Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is the shortest of the National Historic Trails at 54 miles. [9] [10] The National Historic Trail starts at the Mount Zion AME Zion Church in Marion. [2] Route signs lead people from Marion to Selma, where there is an interpretative center for the trail. [11]

  6. Montgomery bus boycott - Wikipedia

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    Before the bus boycott, Jim Crow laws mandated the racial segregation of the Montgomery Bus Line. As a result of this segregation, African Americans were not hired as drivers, were forced to ride in the back of the bus, and were frequently ordered to surrender their seats to white people even though black passengers made up 75% of the bus system's riders. [2]

  7. What's the history of 'outside agitators'? Here's what to ...

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    Protest movements are typically comprised of local community members and organizers from other parts of the state or country that work together toward a common goal. In the 1960s, state and local officials often focused on this hallmark of community organizing and suggested that civil rights protests were organized by people outside of a given ...

  8. Jackson Heights - Wikipedia

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    Jackson Heights was conceived as a planned development for middle- to upper-middle-income workers looking to escape an overcrowded Manhattan. Inspired by Sir Ebenezer Howard's garden city movement, [10] [16] [17] it was laid out by Edward MacDougall's Queensboro Corporation in 1916 and began attracting residents after the arrival of the Flushing Line in 1917.

  9. History of Montgomery, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    King gained nationwide fame as a result of the Boycott. He remained in Montgomery until 1960, during which time he led the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. [24] In 1960, inspired by the Greensboro sit-ins, students from Alabama State College organized their own sit-in at the State Capitol's lunch counter to protest ...