boycott
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Though some activists demanded Wasserman leave his post as LA28 chair and called for a Games boycott, there has been no apparent reduction in sponsorships or ticket sales because of the furor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Simon was criticised at the time for breaking the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
After the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, the team voted to boycott games in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
A consumer boycott of grapes under Huerta’s leadership led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which paved the way for farmworkers to push for better working conditions and pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Five weeks later, on December 20—381 days after the boycott had started—two federal marshals arrived at the federal courthouse and served written notices on city officials that Montgomery’s buses had to be integrated.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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