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direct action
types of direct action
Picketing
a form of protest in which people block access to a building that represents the cause which they are protesting against.
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Freedom rides
when integrated groups of civil rights activists rode on interstate buses to defy segregation and monitor whether Supreme Court rulings against segregation were being ignored.
Sit ins
an example of economic pressure: black protesters would sit at segregated restaurants until they were served. If they were not served, they would be taking up seats, so white paying customers could not find places. The idea was to force the restaurant to desegregate.
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direct action is the use of strikes, demonstrations, or other public forms of protest rather than negotiation to achieve one's demands