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Anti-Nazi boycotts: Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses: 1941–1951: Iraq: Iraqi Jews: Farhud [4] Mohandas Gandhi Indian independence movement: British Raj: Desired economic independence for India: Swadeshi movement: 1955–1968: African Americans: Various: Racial segregation in the United States: Civil Rights Movement Montgomery bus boycott ...
The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. South Africa were not invited to the 1964 Games, while its invitation to the 1968 Games was withdrawn after several other African countries threatened to boycott the Games due to apartheid. South Africa would not be permitted to return to the Olympics until 1992.
The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games have been the subject of scandals, controversies and incidents. Cheating, such as the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, has regularly affected the Olympic Games.
This one-day event on May Day 2006 saw thousands of immigrants boycott U.S. businesses and protest in the streets of major cities for immigration reform and amnesty for illegal aliens.
The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and derives from Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent of an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, who lived in County Mayo, Ireland. Captain Boycott was the target of social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. As harvests had been poor that year, Lord Erne ...
A U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics means that U.S. officials won’t be attending Sunday’s closing ceremony, but it’s not the first time the U.S. has boycotted an ...
1980 Summer Olympics boycott; 1984 Summer Olympics boycott; 1986 Asian Games; 1986 Commonwealth Games; 1988 Summer Olympics; 1995 South Pacific Games; 2009 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships; 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9; 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships; 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships
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