PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Riot
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Disagreeing
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Boycott
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Capitalism
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Detailed explanation-1: -To boycott means to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest; the noun boycott is the protest itself. This noun comes from the name of Charles C. Boycott, an English land agent in 19th-century Ireland who refused to reduce rents for his tenant farmers.
Detailed explanation-2: -: to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting. plans to boycott American products. They boycotted the city’s bus system. The country’s leaders boycotted [=did not attend] the event in protest.
Detailed explanation-3: -A primary boycott is a decision not to buy goods or services produced by a certain company whose policies you disagree with.
Detailed explanation-4: -brush aside/brush off. verbignore; refuse. boycott. cold-shoulder. contradict.
Detailed explanation-5: -Boycott is an act of refusal to buy, use or participate. It is a way of protesting. Here, Indians boycotted British goods in order to protest against the British rule.