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The Cambridge Movement, 1963
After success in Baltimore, the student-led Civic Interest Group (CIG) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) turned their eyes toward Cambridge, MD. When the teens were met with violence from the local law enforcement, adults took up…
Tags: CIG, CNAC, Direct Action, SNCC
Northwood Theater Protest
In 1955, students from Morgan State College began a protest of the Northwood Shopping Center. While many of the stores dropped their segregated policies by 1963, the Northwood Theatre refused. Peaceful protests of the theater’s policy occurred…
Tags: CIG, Direct Action, NAACP, Nonviolence, Protest
Hooper’s Sit-In and Bell v. Maryland
On June 17, 1960, students from Dunbar High School, many part of the Civic Interest Group, staged one of Baltimore’s earliest sit-ins at Hooper’s Restaurant. The students persisted despite the owner turning off the lights and air conditioning on…
Tags: CIG, Direct Action, Legal Action