About: Cambridge movement (civil rights)

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The Cambridge movement was an American social movement in Dorchester County, Maryland, led by Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. Protests continued from late 1961 to the summer of 1964. The movement led to the desegregation of all schools, recreational areas, and hospitals in Maryland and the longest period of martial law within the United States since 1877. Many cite it as the birth of the Black Power movement.

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  • The Cambridge movement was an American social movement in Dorchester County, Maryland, led by Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. Protests continued from late 1961 to the summer of 1964. The movement led to the desegregation of all schools, recreational areas, and hospitals in Maryland and the longest period of martial law within the United States since 1877. Many cite it as the birth of the Black Power movement. (en)
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  • *Racial segregation in public accommodations and schools *Creation of Route 40 campaign, Eastern Shore project, and Freedom Highways campaign (en)
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  • December 1961 – 1964 (en)
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  • CNAC members *Gloria Richardson *Enez S. Grubb *Sally Garrison CIG member *Clarence Logan '''SNCC members *Reggie Robinson *Bill Hansen *H. Rap Brown (en)
  • Mayor of Cambridge *Calvin Mawbray (en)
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  • the Civil Rights Movement (en)
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  • Pine Street Neighborhood, Cambridge, Maryland, and U.S. Route 40 in Maryland (en)
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  • *Maryland Public Accommodations Law *Catalyst for passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (en)
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  • *City of Cambridge *Dorchester Business & Citizens' Association *Committee on Interracial Understanding (en)
  • *Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee *Civic Interest Group *Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee *Nonviolent Action Group *Northern Student Movement *Black Action Federation *Cambridge Guerrillas (en)
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  • Cambridge movement (en)
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  • The Cambridge movement was an American social movement in Dorchester County, Maryland, led by Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee. Protests continued from late 1961 to the summer of 1964. The movement led to the desegregation of all schools, recreational areas, and hospitals in Maryland and the longest period of martial law within the United States since 1877. Many cite it as the birth of the Black Power movement. (en)
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  • Cambridge movement (civil rights) (en)
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