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Several abortion clinics (most known was the Alexandria Health Clinic) sued to prevent Jayne Bray and other anti-abortion protesters from voicing their freedom of speech in front of the clinics in Washington D.C. [299] Alexandria Women's Health Clinic reported that the protesters violated 42 U.S.C. 1985(3), which prohibits protests to deprive ...
The Chicago Public Schools boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on October 22, 1963. [1] More than 200,000 students stayed out of school, and tens of thousands of Chicagoans joined in a protest that culminated in a march to the office of ...
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, [1] anti-war sentiment, civil rights urgency, youth counterculture within the silent and baby boomer generations, and popular rebellions against military states and bureaucracies.
The charges stemmed from the July 2 incident. He was arraigned July 13 — the first day of protests outside Willow Bistro — and since been released from jail pending his next court date on July 24.
Expectations for massive protests in Chicago — which came a month after the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee — were high. Despite smaller crowds, activists at Democrats' convention ...
The Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) was an American feminist organization founded in 1969 at a conference in Palatine, Illinois. [1] [2]The main goal of the organization was to end gender inequality and sexism, which the CWLU defined as "the systematic keeping down of women for the benefit of people in power."
Ohio's law went into effect on Oct. 1, 1953. Sixteen U.S. states have a form of anti-mask laws, some of which were ratified around the same time to prevent Ku Klux Klan rallies, whose members ...
1000 National Guardsmen was sent into South Bend after roving black gangs in the western section of the city caused unrest. [67] Marin City, CA: 83. July 26: 0: 3: Black rioters set fires and shot at firemen. Three people were wounded during the unrest. Sacramento, CA: 84. July 26 - 27: 0: Stores were vandalized and hit by arson. A school was ...