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March on freedom and work in Washington
- The March on Washington for Work and Freedom was a great demonstration that was in Washington, on August 28, 1963. This protest was a way to raise economic and civil rights issues.
- The march was organized by a group of religious and civil rights organizations, under the slogan "employment, justice and peace."
- The march was started by Philip Randolph.
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Soweto Riots, South Africa
- This was a massacre against a series of demonstrations in Soweto.
- On June 16, 1976, a march took place in which thousands of young people refused to study in Afrikaans. They asked to be treated with equal rights.
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Los Angeles riots
- Major outbreak of violence, and arsonists in Los Angeles that began on April 29, 1992, in response to the acquittal of four white police officers, related to the severe beating of an African American.
- As a result of several days of rioting, more than 50 people died, more than 2,300 were injured and thousands were arrested.
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Liberian Women for Peace, Liberia
- It was a peace movement started in 2003 by Muslim and Christian women in Liberia, who worked to end the Second Liberian Civil War.
- This march was led by Crystal Roh Gadwin, Leymah Gbowee and Comfort Freeman.
- Thousands of Muslim and Christian women of various classes organized in silent protests for non-violence.
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Protests in Hong Kong
- In 2004, on the seventh anniversary of the return to Chinese sovereignty, hundreds of thousands of people protested in Hong Kong demanding political reform.
- The protesters called for democracy and direct elections to choose the next leader of Hong Kong.
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Protest in Australia for animal rights
- Animal rights activists took to the streets of the country's main cities on Monday to defend veganism and protest against animal exploitation.
- They have done so within the framework of a campaign orchestrated by various organizations, in nine coordinated protests and with a clear objective: to make it "the largest animal rights demonstration in the world"