Having faced harsh police brutality during the Freedom Ride, Smith embodied the need for stronger federal protections for civil rights demonstrators.
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The Stamp Act protests, the Boston Tea Party and the Committees of Correspondence embodied organized civic resistance that fueled the American Revolution, born of protest against unresponsive governance.
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