Formerly an obscure officer in the British army, Captain Boycott was the land agent for an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, a ...

In 1880, disagreements came to a head, and Boycott found himself the subject of extreme ostracism. To comprehend the reasons for this treatment of Charles Boycott, which gave rise to the word ...

The word “boycott” itself originated during the 1880 Irish Land Wars, and referred to the resistance to English land agent and former army officer Captain Charles Boycott. Tenants of the ...

Charles Barkley doesn’t support Donald Trump on everything, but the loquacious NBA analyst believes sports teams like the Philadelphia Eagles shouldn’t boycott Trump’s White House over ...

He was already coordinating a boycott at the mayor’s store for failing to employ Black Mississippians and serving members of the KKK. Statewide leaders, such as NAACP field secretary Charles ...