grassroots
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“This message resonated with grassroots blacks. Polls consistently revealed that the majority of the black populace supported Thomas’s nomination and that the lower the income level, the greater the support.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
“On a number of issues that would primarily impact conditions in low-income communities, grassroots blacks have registered opinions that are sharply at odds with the positions taken by the civil rights cadres.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
His tactics have made waves from the Premier League through non-league football and into the grassroots game.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Progressive critique has long demanded that students learn the truth: that dismantling Jim Crow required sophisticated, institutional organizing at the grassroots level.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Black Americans sent up a cheer of jubilation, and the ruling provided momentum and hope to grassroots civil resistance and social movements throughout the land.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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