Protests in Birmingham began Process_start with a boycott led by Shuttlesworth meant to pressure Convincing business leaders to open Openness employment Employment to people of all races , and end Process_end segregation in public facilities , restaurants , schools , and stores .

He then trained Education_teaching and directed Using high school , college , and elementary school students in nonviolence , and asked Request them to participate Participation in the demonstrations by taking a peaceful walk 50 at a time from the 16th Street Baptist Church to City Hall in order to talk to Communication the mayor about segregation .

The Birmingham campaign was a model of nonviolent direct action protest Response and , through the media , drew Motion the world 's attention to racial segregation in the South .

Parties holding majority of seats and some holding minority of seats began Process_start to use Using boycotts or threats of boycotts which increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale division and suppressed Control relevant debates by removing them from the congressional agenda ; voting to declare Expressing_publicly sharia law and establishing a special committee to `` review all existing laws to guarantee they comply with Islamic law '' ; imposing gender segregation and compulsory hijab at Libyan universities ; and refusing to hold Hold new elections Choosing when its electoral mandate expired Process_end in January 2014 until General Khalifa Haftar launched a large-scale military offensive against the Islamists in May 2014 , code-named Operation Dignity ( ; 'Amaliyat al-Karamah ) .

While Commonwealth conferences were normally held Hold biennially , this conference was held Hold after an interval of only a year as the May 1960 conference due to disagreement Agree_or_refuse_to_act over South Africa and whether the country should be removed Removing from the Commonwealth due to its policy of racial segregation Removing with Malaya 's Prime Minister demanding Request South Africa 's expulsion .

Continued activism expanded Expansion the issues to include Cause_to_be_included modern-day debtors prisons , for-profit policing , and school segregation .