Word: picketer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bunche was sometimes criticized by other blacks for not taking a more militant role in their struggle, but there was never any doubt where he stood or how he felt. Bunche walked his first picket line for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1937. He joined the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., six years ago. At high school in Los Angeles, Bunche was valedictorian of his graduating class, but had been refused admission to the school's honor society because of his race. Years later he turned down Harry Truman's offer...
...Nonviolent Direct Action Group (NDAG), will present an antiwar slide show today to the employees of a local defense contractor. The group also plans to picket and distribute leaflets in front of the company's offices...
...UFWOC decided ten days ago to picket several Boston area liquor stores to promote a boycott of wines made by nine growers in Napa Valley. Calif. The boycott is an attempt to force the growers to negotiate with the UFWOC. Since January, the growers have refused to recognize the union, which represents migrant grape-pickers...
...pastor of St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church for help. Father Leonard Burke organized the parents of about 200 children, most of whom continued to attend Fifield in defiance of the edict; school officials allowed them in the classrooms, though the children were not registered for credit. Picket lines were set up around the homes of school committeemen who had voted for the busing plan...
...supported Scollard with continuous lunch-hour picket lines around the Club during the past month...