The Troubles: How It Started
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Northern Irish Catholics and the Civil Rights Movement in America
Northern irish catholics were extremely influenced by the civil rights movement in the united states. In cities like derry and belfast, catholics had been funnelled into certain districts to prevent them voting again. So what you effectively end up with are these huge, big, teeming catholic districts,. forming organizations to look after themselves. And this is where things start to kick off with the conflict. Is there one particular marches at a particular moment? There's a few. One significant one was on the fifth ofo brin 19 68 thi were nicra, the northern ireland civil rights association, and the derry housing action committee. They marched together from the catholic
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