While attending the Colosseum spectators became participants through taking sides in the gladiator matches and supporting a gladiator of their preference. They would also decide whether a defeated gladiator would be spared or not.
Their general performance early war was poor, due to them not being a real army, but rather more like quickly formed militia, consisting of untrained personnel. In all early battles there were outnumbered, and had little to no time to organize effective battle units. It was General Washington that managed to organize the militias into a regular army.
The Civil Rights Movement racked up many notable victories, from the dismantling of Jim Crow segregation in the South, to the passage of federal legislation outlawing racial discrimination, to the widespread awareness of the African American cultural heritage and its unique contributions to the history of the United States. African Americans fought back with direct action protests and keen political organizing, such as voter registration drives and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The crowning achievements were the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
