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This group successfully influenced the passage of one of the first patient’s bills of rights after taking over the Lincoln Hospital in 1970. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this group that created barricades and threw trash onto the streets in protest during their 1969 “Garbage Offensive.”
ANSWER: Young Lords [or Young Lords Organization; or YLO]
[10m] A 1968 sanitation workers’ strike was prolonged by mayor John Lindsay’s conflicts with this governor, who seized state control of the sanitation department to end it. The McKay Commission criticized this governor’s decision to send state police in to end a hostage situation.
ANSWER: Nelson Rockefeller (That hostage situation was part of the Attica Prison riot.)
[10e] The deaths of Echol Cole and Robert Walker prompted a massive 1968 sanitation strike in this city, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech.
ANSWER: Memphis
<Waterloo, American History> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B

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