When farm workers initiated the Delano grape strike in 1965, to protest for higher wages, Chavez supported them. Six months later Chavez led a strike of California grape pickers. The United Farm Workers encouraged all Americans to boycott table grapes as a show of support. The strike lasted five years.
Grapes
Cesar Chavez led the United Farm Workers in a strike, boycott, and secondary boycott against grape growers. This was known as the Delano Grape Strike.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the first events Martin Luther King Jr. led and gave him national attention.
The Montgomery boycott gave MLK a forum for organizing people in the boycott of the buses.
What did King find with other black leaders after the Montgomery Boycott Movement?
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Bus Boycott
Yes, during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which started in December, 1955, he was arrested along with many others who nonviolently demonstrated there in opposition to segregated seating. This was one of the earliest mass protests in the US civil rights movement. King spent two weeks in jail but drew welcome public attention to the boycott.
Montgomery bus boycott
# What did King found with other black leaders after the Montogomery Boycott Movement? # What did King found with other black leaders after the Montogomery Boycott Movement?
Desmond Morse-Boycott has written: 'They shine like stars' -- subject(s): Oxford movement 'Fields of yesterday' 'The Secret story of the Oxford Movement' -- subject(s): Oxford movement 'How the Oxford movement began' -- subject(s): Oxford movement
Montgomery bus boycott Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white citizen and is arrested. Her actions spark a boycott that lasts almost 13 months and gains national attention.
Both these events were very important as they brought the issues to people's attention on a wider scale.