History A-Level
From legal challenge to direct action
What From legal challenge to direct action means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A shift from NAACP court cases like Brown v. Board to grassroots protests such as the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Topics that use From legal challenge to direct action
- The quest for civil rights, 1917–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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