Sentences with phrase «organized counter protests»

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.

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Morton said he's boycotting the entire NFL because of the protests, and is organizing his own counter protest of sorts, distributing bumper stickers on Saturday.
Counter protests are organized.
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.
The picture was auctioned off at the Art the Arms Fair, a five - day expo that forms part of a larger, two - week festival organized to counter the Defense and Security Equipment International arms fair, which ran concurrently with the protest events.
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.
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