History GCSE
Violent resistance to civil rights
What Violent resistance to civil rights means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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A violent riot by white segregationists resulted in two deaths and required federal troops to restore order.
Topics that use Violent resistance to civil rights
- 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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