163 stand in
"The stand-in occurs when direct actionists remain standing in an orderly quiet manner at a ticket office, admission entrance, appointment desk, doorway, or the like, as they seek to purchase a ticket, admission, an interview, or whatever when these have been refused to them. This method has been used particularly by civil rights actionists in the United States seeking to obtain equality of service for all potential customers. It has been applied especially in seeking admission to motion picture theaters and swimming pools. When admittance, purchase of a ticket, or the like is refused to the Negro, for example, all the direct actionists, including the person refused admission, wait patiently in line for admittance, refusing to leave until all are granted equal service, a specified period of time has elapsed, the group is arrested, or the facilities are closed. This method may be repeated until the policy is changed to allow all to use the facilities."...
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Freedom Riders end racial segregation in Southern U.S. public transit, 1961
In 1947, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) conducted a “Journey of Reconciliation” to direct attention toward racial segregation in public transportation in the Southern U.S.A. Although this initial freedom ride campaign was not regarded as a gr...
Louisville NAACP and CORE activists campaign for open accommodations, Kentucky, 1961
In the late 1950s, Louisville, Kentucky, became known as a regional leader in race relations due to the passage of peaceful school integration laws in 1956. Although laws targeting segregation had been passed, Louisville’s public accommodations conti...
Turkish People prevent shopping mall from replacing Istanbul's Gezi Park, 2013
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first inaugurated as prime minister of Turkey in 2003 and enjoyed wide popular support, contributing to successive elections as prime minister. Erdogan gathered 47% of the vote in 2007, and he came into office in 2011 with 49...
Chilean Student Campaign to Reform Education, 2011
Student governments of Chilean universities assembled to be represented as the Confederation of Chilean Students Federations (CONFECH), the leading organization of the campaign. College students Camila Vallejo and Giorgio Jackson took leadership of t...
Faith-based Philadelphians campaign to close gun shop, 2009.
Philadelphia gun violence had increased sharply from 2000-2010, which caused many groups and organizations to take a stance for gun law reform. James Colosimo, 77 year old owner of a highly successful gun shop on Spring Garden Street called Colosimo’...
Massachusetts residents block construction of Kinder Morgan Northeast Energy Direct pipeline 2014-2016
In September 2014, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (TGP), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., proposed a 346-mile pipeline to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The proposal included two paths: a 220-mile “supply...
Philippine citizens overthrow President Joseph Estrada (People Power II), 2001
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Black high school students sit-in, desegregate public libraries in Danville, VA, 1960.
Inspired by the February, 1960 launch of the student sit-in movement in Greensboro, North Carolina, high school student Chalmers Mebane decided to stage a sit-in in his city of Danville, Virginia. He and his African American friends collaborated with...
High Point high school students sit-in for U.S. civil rights, 1960
High Point, North Carolina was a city viewed as progressive on racial relations, but the black community felt alienated as nearly all of High Point’s public institutions were segregated.\n\nOn 1 February 1960, a group of four college students began a...
Indian workers double wages at construction firm in Anguilla, 2007
Several hundred Indian workers of the British construction firm, Carillion, started demonstrations in Anguilla on June 26 and 27, 2007. They demanded better wages and working conditions because they could not live on $180 a month and they were concer...
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Western Michigan University students campaign for a living wage, United States, 2006-2007
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British prison inmates strike to oppose new system of control, Full Sutton prison, 1995
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University of Oregon students demonstrate for fair labor practices, 2000-2001
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