From one of our top historians, a groundbreaking story of policing and “riots” that shatters our understanding of the post–civil rights era. Book by Dr. Elizabeth K. HintonAssociate Professor of History & African American Studies and Professor of LawYale University What began in spring 2020 as local protests in response to the killing of George[…]
Protest as an act of resistance to oppression is a staple of American culture. The very founding of the United States is connected to protest. Introduction At the time of publication, there have been close to 70 days of ongoing national and global protests against police killings and anti-Black racism since the police killing of[…]
Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians – in 1932. Introduction An election looms. An unpopular president wrestles with historic unemployment rates. Demonstrations erupt in hundreds of locations. The president deploys Army units to suppress peaceful protests in the nation’s capital. And most of all he worries about[…]
The issue that started the 1877 affair was not police brutality and institutional racism but economic inequality. One hundred and forty-three years ago the nation was shaken by a nationwide series of strikes almost amounting to a mass rebellion. Though there are clear and obvious differences between the issues, modes of collective action, and the[…]
From veterans to civil rights, a history of marching in Washington. By Dr. Alexander SternWriter/EditorThe Learning Agency Marching on Washington may seem an obvious recourse for a national protest movement today, but it wasn’t until more than a century after the District of Columbia’s founding in 1791 that protesters first marched on the Capitol. The[…]
One of the most common mediums for political art has long been poster making. One of the most common mediums for political art is poster making. From the Mexican Revolution to recent marches infuriated by the Trump administration, posters have continually been used as a powerful form of protest and a symbol of discontent. The[…]