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Civil Rights Movement: Nonviolent Direct Action

Ralph David Abernathy
Biography of the founder of SCLC from UXL Biographies.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Native American Resistance

Occupation of Alcatraz Island

1969-1971 The occupation of Alcatraz
Mashable.com article about the Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island, with photos.
Native American Activists Occupy Alcatraz Island, 45 Years Ago
History.com overview of the occupation of Alcatraz.
We Hold The Rock
Article from the National Parks Service by Dr. Troy Johnson, Cal State Long Beach, on the 1969 occupation at Alcatraz by Indians of All Tribes.

No DAPL

Dakota Access Pipeline
Stories and articles tagged "Dakota Access Pipeline" from NPR.
What to Know About the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
2016 explainer article from Time.

United Farm Workers and the Delano Grape Strikes

Chávez Forms Farm Workers' Union and Leads Grape Pickers' Strike, September 30, 1962
Overview of the grape pickers' strikes led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
Huerta, Dolores Fernandez
Encyclopedia article from World Book Student.
Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers for International Boycott Day
United Farm Workers of America
Encyclopedia article on the union created by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerte.

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