History GCSE
Violent opposition
What Violent opposition means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Violent opposition
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Severe Ku Klux Klan violence faced by the riders, often with local police complicity, most notoriously at Anniston, Alabama, where a mob firebombed a bus and attacked fleeing riders.
Topics that use Violent opposition
- Option 33: Key topic 2: Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960–75 - 1 Developments, 1960–62 ● The significance of Greensboro and the sit-in movement. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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