https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz A sample of racially motivated attacks and acts of Black resistance throughout American history. (How is the term "race riot" inconsistent with the information you see here?) en-us 2021-06-01 06:04:16 UTC 2021-06-05 21:45:15 UTC hello@padlet.com doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575358090 1919
After police continued to turn blind eyes to Black swimmers getting harassed and a teenager getting killed on Chicago's segregated beaches, the city erupted into a summer of violence. Thousands of Black businesses were torched in acts of arson.]]> 2021-06-01 06:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575358090 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575359163 1866
In a city whose population was still deeply affected by Civil War, White civilians and police went on a three-day killing spree and burned Black schools and churches. No White perpetrators were ever charged or tried in a court of law.]]> 2021-06-01 06:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575359163 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575370223 1898
A armed, White mob burned a Black-owned newspaper office and murdered innocent Black civilians. In the ensuing coup d'etat, the leader of the mob ousted elected officials and installed White supremacists instead.]]> 2021-06-01 06:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575370223 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575372986 1896
White railway workers attacked itinerant Black workers in an attempt to drive them out of Arkansas. ]]> 2021-06-01 06:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575372986 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575375715 1887
Black sugarcane workers who attempted to organize into a union to demand better wages and working conditions were met with gunfire.]]> 2021-06-01 06:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1575375715 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577450937 1864

Hundreds of recently freed Black families drowned in the freezing water or were shot by pursuing Confederate soldiers after being abandoned by the Union Army. ]]> 2021-06-01 19:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577450937 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577451814 1866
At the direction of the lead police chief, police and firemen surrounded and stormed a voting rights convention killing 48 people and injuring 102 others.]]> 2021-06-01 19:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577451814 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577453640 1868
A White teacher who advocated for Black voting rights was beaten in his own classroom. This served as the catalyst for White terrorists to roam the countryside and kill Black Americans. ]]> 2021-06-01 19:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577453640 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577454539 1868
Two years before the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, White supremacists feared the loss of power and privilege as Blacks gained the right to vote. They resorted to violence and mayhem in the days before the 1868 Presidential election.]]> 2021-06-01 19:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577454539 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577457392 1873
When Republicans and their Black allies narrowly won a gubernatorial election, in an act of revenge Democratic leaders urged armed gunmen to lay siege to the courthouse. By the end, 150 Black Americans were dead.]]> 2021-06-01 19:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577457392 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577460169 1875
After shots were fired during a Black political rally and barbecue, White mobs seized the opportunity to indiscriminately kill Black Americans and their White allies over the course of the next few days. A request for federal troops was denied by President Ulysses Grant.]]> 2021-06-01 19:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577460169 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577467854 2015
Eight Black churchgoers were killed at the historic Mother Emmanuel A.M.E. Church by a White supremacist. ]]> 2021-06-01 19:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577467854 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577469538 1985
Police dropped a C-4 bomb on the MOVE organization, killing several children and obliterating two city blocks.]]> 2021-06-01 19:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577469538 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577470287 1979
The Ku Klux Klan and Nazis killed five peaceful protestors at an anti-Klan rally.]]> 2021-06-01 19:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577470287 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577473084 1968
When South Caroline State College students engaged in peaceful protest of a Vietnam veteran's denied entrance to a segregated bowling alley, police fired into the crowd, killing three and injuring many more.]]> 2021-06-01 19:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577473084 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577474848 1937
Soldiers under the direct military command of the United States fired into a group of peaceful protestors, killing 21 and injuring hundreds.]]> 2021-06-01 19:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577474848 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577475591 1923
White domestic terrorists successfully ran every Black family out of town over a course of a few days in December, 1923. ]]> 2021-06-01 19:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577475591 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577479824 1921
During one of the most appalling acts of violence against Black people in the history of the United States, Whites attacked and killed hundreds of Black Oklahomans and burned several city blocks to the ground. The Tulsa County Grand Jury argued that Whites were not to blame.

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At least 50 Black Floridians were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan after they went to the polls and attempted to vote.]]> 2021-06-01 19:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577480910 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577481868 1919
After one man was killed and another was injured at a Black sharecroppers' union meeting, White mobs from neighboring states began to hunt for suspects while White media spread rumors of a Black uprising. The resulting hysteria led to a massacre of Black Americans.]]> 2021-06-01 19:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577481868 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577483674 1919
When a rumor of a Black man assaulting a White woman started to spread, White soldiers started attacking Black soldiers and civilians. Black Washingtonians armed themselves and fought back.]]> 2021-06-01 19:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577483674 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577487851 1910
When rumors of an armed Black rebellion circulated among White residents, White supremacists roamed the countryside in groups, killing Blacks and seizing their property as they fled. Newspapers only inflamed tension as they spread misinformation about the events.]]> 2021-06-01 19:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577487851 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577493813 1943
A fistfight exploded into a 24-hour period of looting, arson, and violence which was halted by 6,000 Federal troops.]]> 2021-06-01 19:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577493813 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577494567 1906
A rapidly growing Black population, job scarcity, reports of attacks against women, and political activism contributed to White anxiety and eventually led to a White mob wandering the city, destroying Black businesses and killing Black men. ]]> 2021-06-01 19:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577494567 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577495067 1868
When the state legislature expelled elected bi-racial members, one of the representatives organized a march to protest. Black protesters were ambushed and killed as they attempted to join a political rally. ]]> 2021-06-01 19:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577495067 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577495717 1874
White domestic terrorists used violence to suppress voting and murder local citizens, signaling an end to Reconstruction efforts. Despite the phrasing on the historical marker seen above, the "riot" was actually a state-sanctioned pogrom against Black Americans.]]> 2021-06-01 19:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577495717 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577630808 1943
When 12 Black workers were promoted to welders at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipping Company, 4,000 armed White supremacists attacked any Black worker they could find. The company eventually created segregated work areas after some Whites refused to work with the skilled Black laborers.]]> 2021-06-01 20:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1577630808 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1578330092 1917
Thousands of Black families moved to St. Louis to work in factories during WWI. As their political power grew, so did racial unrest and tension. After two police officers were killed on July 1, White citizens took to the streets indiscriminantly killing Black men, women, and children and destroying Black property.]]> 2021-06-02 03:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1578330092 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580077866 1908
When the sheriff denied the release of a couple of incarcerated Black men to a White mob, the crowd went on a murderous pogrom, destroying Black-owned businesses and killing innocent civilians. These events—in Abraham Lincoln's hometown, nonetheless—shocked the nation and eventually led to the formation of the NAACP.]]> 2021-06-02 16:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580077866 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580533930 1963 
When the Chicago School Board refused to cooperate with Black parents, 200,000 Black school children walked out of class to protest crowded classrooms and inadequate supplies. The demonstration was known as "Freedom Day". Eventually, the School Board allowed some students to transfer to less-crowded, traditionally White schools.]]> 2021-06-02 19:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580533930 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580538776 2017 
The city council voted to remove a statue of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson and relocate another statue of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee.]]> 2021-06-02 19:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580538776 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580698711 February 13-May 10, 1960
Large numbers of Black students targeted restaurants in an attempt to desegregate lunch counters. Their successful protests were some of the first recorded sit-ins and served as a model for future protests.]]> 2021-06-02 20:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1580698711 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581420035 1848
In the single largest recorded escape attempt by enslaved people in American history, 77 Blacks boarded "The Pearl" and attempted to sail to New Jersey to freedom. The daring feat led to the abolition of slavery in Washington, D. C. and inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write "Uncle Tom's Cabin". ]]> 2021-06-03 03:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581420035 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581552844 1811
A group of over 500 enslaved people took up arms and marched toward New Orleans in an attempt to form their own Black State along the banks of the Mississippi.]]> 2021-06-03 04:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581552844 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581681625 1830-1860
It is estimated that nearly 9,000 enslaved people were escorted to safety through this busy Underground Railroad depot.]]> 2021-06-03 05:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581681625 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581732865 1919
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As one of the many lynch mobs of the "Red Summer" of 1919, a group of angry Whites attacked Blacks after a White woman accused a man of assaulting her and two newspapers carried the story based on the rumor.]]> 2021-06-03 06:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581732865 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581738197 1863
Years before Rosa Parks, Black San Franciscans successfully lobbied to desegregate the city's street cars.]]> 2021-06-03 06:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581738197 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581749214 1961
James Farmer and his group of activists boarded two buses bound for New Orleans. Their courageous journey was to test newly-passed laws banning segregated interstate travel. Televised coverage of the violence the protestors endured spurred the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose harsh fines for those who ignored the law. It inspired other Black activists and their allies to engage in civil disobedience in the years to come.]]> 2021-06-03 06:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581749214 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581749738 1961
Intended "Freedom Rides" terminus.]]> 2021-06-03 06:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1581749738 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1582894113 1876
White supremacists used a misunderstanding with an all-Black militia to arm themselves, terrorize Black Americans, and keep them away from the polls.]]> 2021-06-03 15:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1582894113 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1582990750 1972-1973
Black students and their allies protested rituals of their recently-desegregated high school (including flying Confederate flags as football games, playing "Dixie", and using a "Rebel" as a mascot) and won in a U.S. District Court.]]> 2021-06-03 16:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1582990750 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1583011785 In a daring and ingenious move, Robert Smalls, an enslaved man, successfully boards an iron-clad  ship, slips past Confederate guards, and "surrenders" to the Union army, delivering 17 formerly-enslaved people to safety and freedom.]]> 2021-06-03 16:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1583011785 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584159008 1923
After hearing a rumor that a White woman had been sexually assaulted by a Black man, a posse of White terrorists went on the hunt.]]> 2021-06-04 01:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584159008 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584168773 1778
Paul Cuffee and his brother, John, refused to pay taxes. As free Black men they were denied a vote, and therefore—they reasoned—they were taxed without representation. Massachusetts soon thereafter changed its tax laws.]]> 2021-06-04 01:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584168773 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584329139 1817-1858
Enslaved Blacks fled to Florida to seek freedom from the cruelty of plantation life and join the Seminole Tribe. Both Blacks and Native People courageously against three aggressive military campaigns by the United States government.]]> 2021-06-04 03:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584329139 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584344453 1856
Moses Dickson, an abolitionist and minister, formed a secret anti-slavery society called the Knights of Liberty. At its peak, it boasted over 42,000 members across the country who were to participate in a great uprising to end slavery. ]]> 2021-06-04 03:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584344453 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584354000 1951
Eleventh-grader Barbara Johns led a successful student strike to protest inequitable conditions in public schools. Her case eventually was included in the Brown vs. the Board of Education Supreme Court case and decision.]]> 2021-06-04 03:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584354000 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584365280 1738
Fort Mose became a haven for formerly-enslaved Black families and was the first free Black settlement in what was to become the United States.]]> 2021-06-04 03:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584365280 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584387820 1969
Black residents, fed up with racist violence throughout the early twentieth century, formed the United Front of Cairo. Its goal was to boycott White businesses to drive the owners out of town and to protect Black Illinoisans. ]]> 2021-06-04 03:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584387820 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584397915 Throughout September, nine courageous Black students attempted to attend the recently-desegregated Central High School, only to be met by state-sanctioned force and mobs of angry White supremacists. ]]> 2021-06-04 03:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1584397915 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586124399 Thank you to the Zinn Education Project for in-depth information about these American atrocities.]]> 2021-06-04 19:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586124399 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586126246 Thank you to the Decolonial Atlas for the map of Black resistance.]]> 2021-06-04 19:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586126246 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586128974 Some information was found on this fantastic website.]]> 2021-06-04 19:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586128974 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586132755 Check out the stories and information here. It's a fantastic resource. ]]> 2021-06-04 19:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586132755 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586178332 1963
Hundreds of children faced police dogs and firehoses to peacefully protest segregation. 600 were arrested. This courageous march was part of a larger campaign of civil disobedience to change one of the most segregated cities in America.]]> 2021-06-04 19:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586178332 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586203348 1996
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the singing of the National Anthem during Denver Nuggets games to protest the American flag—a symbol of "tyranny and oppression". ]]> 2021-06-04 20:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586203348 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586208722 Serena Williams courageously played in her first tennis tournament in front of a loud, unwelcoming crowd of mostly affluent White people.]]> 2021-06-04 20:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586208722 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586213431 Wilma Rudolph, an Olympic gold medalist, refused to participate in a segregated event to celebrate her accomplishments. Her hometown eventually threw a parade and banquet in her honor—the first integrated event in town history.]]> 2021-06-04 20:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586213431 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586257583 1909 
Black leaders and descendants of famous abolitionists formed this organization—which has worked for racial justice and civil rights ever since—on the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. ]]> 2021-06-04 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1586257583 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587065796 1805
Enslaved people on the Chatham Plantation successfully staged a revolt against the overseer, who had threatened to cut their Christmas holiday short by ordering them back to work in the fields. Several decades later, enslaved people took up arms against the Confederacy when the Union Army liberated Fredericksburg. ]]> 2021-06-05 16:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587065796 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587070070 1966
James Meredith led a march from Memphis TN to Jackson, MS to inspire Black residents to register to vote and to protest segregation and oppression. Despite being shot on the second day, Mr. Meredith recovered and finished the march with hundreds of members of civil rights organizations.]]> 2021-06-05 16:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587070070 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587070384 1966
The "March Against Fear" terminus.]]> 2021-06-05 16:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587070384 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587305798 1957-1961
Black shoppers boycotted White businesses to protest gerrymandering and voting restrictions, causing 100 White businesses to close and invigorating Black businesses in the area.]]> 2021-06-05 21:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587305798 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587309904 1964
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a "wade in" to protest the segregation at public pools and beaches across Florida, drawing national attention to "barbaric racism". ]]> 2021-06-05 21:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587309904 doctormanker https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587310802 Check out various forms of peaceful protest from around the world with this database.]]> 2021-06-05 21:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/doctormanker/93h8c0h9vhs9ipz/wish/1587310802