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![Freedom Riders, sit-ins (May 1961)
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of what the "Freedom Riders" are doing?
Approve
Disapprove
22%
61%
No opinion
18%
Q: Do you think "sit-ins" at lunch counters, "freedom buses" and other demonstrations by Negroes will hurt or help the Negro's chances of being integrated in the South?
Help
28%
Hurt
57%
No opinion
16%
March on Washington (August 1963)
Q: What are your feelings about this [proposed mass civil rights rally]?
Favorable
23%
Unfavorable
60%
No opinion/ undecided
17%
Whites on 'demonstrations by Negroes' (October 1966)
Q: All in all, do you feel the demonstrations by Negroes on civil rights have helped more or hurt more in the advancement of Negro rights?
Helps
15%
Hurts
85%
Note: White respondents only.
Source: Conducted by Louis Harris & Associates during October 1966, and based on personal interviews with a national adult sample of 1,250. Sample size is approximate.
As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Data provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
THE WASHINGTON POST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbtt3p6rwicetqvqhq6b5bhu/bafkreiewgv7pj7fzdbyba723m6lflcjtygj6hvk6guqs5ys7z7yd6h5lvy)
