Sentences with phrase «counter protests in»

Rev. Moore was active in the Civil Rights Movement, organizing a student sit - in at Royal Ice Cream parlor in Durham, N.C., on June 23, 1957, prior to the more well - known Greensboro lunch counter protests in 1960.

Hundreds of Hausa have started arriving Washington D.C. to stage a counter protest in support of President Muhammadu Buhari during a meeting with President Donald Trump, at the same time Igbo activists would be rallying against the 75 - year old Nigerian leader.

Not exact matches

Planned removal of a statue of Civil War General Robert E. Lee sparked protests by white supremacists, which in turn inspired counter protests.

The Illinois Rifle Association appeared to be planning counter protests, including one in their town.

In the era of Woodstock and Port Huron, Haggard was viewed as a kind of counter to Joan Baez, a poet laureate of Richard Nixon's «silent majority» who took a direct shot at the 1960s hippie scene and student protests in his most famous song, «Okie from Muskogee.&raquIn the era of Woodstock and Port Huron, Haggard was viewed as a kind of counter to Joan Baez, a poet laureate of Richard Nixon's «silent majority» who took a direct shot at the 1960s hippie scene and student protests in his most famous song, «Okie from Muskogee.&raquin his most famous song, «Okie from Muskogee.»

A section of the club's fans have moved to turn on the Frenchman in recent seasons, with a protest having been attempted to be had during a home match toward the back end of last term, which was somewhat countered by cheers, and chants of «there's only one Arsene Wenger».

The Hausa who spoke to Today News Africa in Washington DC on Friday said the counter protest against the Igbo activists became necessary to defeat the false propaganda that President Buhari is not popular at home.

Clinton launched Onward Together in April of last year with the intent of providing funding to established liberal groups that could quickly counter President Donald Trump using direct action and protests.

In response, Julie Woestehoff, PAA co-founder and executive director of Chicago's Parents United for Responsible Education, countered, «Mayor Emanuel and his hand - picked Board of Education have just closed or turned around 17 schools despite vehement protests of parents who were already deeply committed to their children's schools.

Meanwhile, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, a Rockingham County Republican who's one of the most powerful policymakers in the state, implied this week that teachers» organized protest may be counter to the spirit, if not the letter, of North Carolina labor laws.

Fast completely revamped the exterior and interior of the James Cohan gallery into a pre-gentrification Chinatown shop, complete with a dilapidated exterior, two non-working cash machines, and a grimy counter selling cheap phones and lottery tickets: A play that was well received in the art world but which sparked protests among a group of Chinatown residents who felt pigeonholed by an out - of - touch elite.

Since the desires of the climate movement are to limit the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere in order to ensure a safe environment in which we can live long into the future, protest actions taken by the movement are not necessarily seen as moral objections to unjust laws in the same way sitting at a lunch counter or taking a seat at the front of a bus obviously are.

People who felt Chic - Fil - A was in the right organized a day of support, where thousands of people visited their local franchise for chicken sandwiches, while gay rights groups organized counter protests and kiss - ins.

One of the most significant protest campaigns of the civil rights era, the lunch counter sit - in movement began on February 1, 1960, when four African - American college students sat down at the whites - only lunch counter of the Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina.