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1 online resource (210 pages) |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; The Fight for Peace and Freedom; Gandhi's Salt March; Democratic National Convention Riots; Moratorium Movement to End the War in Vietnam; Kent State Riots; Muharram Protests; Singing Revolution; Berlin Wall Protests; Tiananmen Square; Color Revolutions; Egyptian Revolution of 2011; How to Get Involved; The Fight for Women's Rights; Women's Suffrage; South African Women's March; Second-Wave Feminism; Roe v. Wade; Working Women of the '80s; Women's March on Washington; The Silence Breakers; How to Get Involved; The Fight for Race Rights |
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U.S. Civil WarAbolition of Slavery; Separate but Equal: 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott; Civil Rights Movement, 1960s; March on Washington, 1963; Purple Rain Protest in Cape Town; Race Relations in the '70s, '80s, '90s; Million Man March; Black Lives Matter; How to Get Involved; The Fight for Gay Rights; Stonewall and the Movement that Followed; AIDS Crisis and Gay Rights Movements of the '80s and '90s; Marriage Equality; Transgender Rights; How to Get Involved; The Fight for Worker's Rights; Labor Protests in Early U.S. History; Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions; Knights of Labor |
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Bread and Roses StrikeRepression and Depression Strike Wave; United Automobile Workers and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Forty-Hour Week and the Congress of Industrial Organizations; Economic and Social Justice; Strike Wave of 1946; March on Washington and the Equal Pay Act of 1963; International Labor Organization; Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement; Child Labor Laws; How to Get Involved; The Fight for Modern Causes; Censorship of Science; Wealth and Occupy Wall Street; Free Speech; Education; Death with Dignity; Prison Systems; Gun Control |
| Summary |
A combination of current events and proud history, The Power of Protest reviews all of the protests that have shaped our society, as well as those at work RIGHT NOW at reshaping the system. Includes beautiful photography alongside current resources for you to continue to fight the injustices that remain in our culture ' The Power of Protest will inspire you to be the change you wish to see in the world! Times of great change did not occur by man's desire for change. They were fought for, battled into being, through protest and persistence. As we continue to push for justice, rights we now take for granted were born through protests like those we are waging today. The true impact of activism may not be felt for a generation but that alone is a reason to fight rather than forfeit our freedoms. Looking to our history, the peoples history, we can see how society was shaped by those citizens who refused to give up. How do we want to pick up their mantle' Organized by cause, in an oversized package with photographs and timelines that chronicles protests throughout our global history ' you'll find information on modern movements that you can get involved in, the stories and origins of those causes, as well as inspirational quotes from leaders and scholars throughout. Activists and those interested in activism can read about the fight for equal rights of all races, all sexes, all genders...and explore how their cause has shaped the world. What did the journey look like from the women's right to vote to modern feminism' What was the path taken by race activists as they changed history, from abolitionists to black lives matter' This visual history covers all aspects of protests that shaped our society, including: - The Fight for Women's Rights -The Fight for Race Rights -The Fight for Gay (LGBTQ+) Rights -The Fight for Peace & Freedom -The Fight for Worker's Rights -Specific modern causes such as Gun Violence (responses and protests from Columbine to Parkland) and more... As Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." |
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Conclusion: How Can You Change the World?Back Cover |
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Protest movements -- History
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Protest movements -- Pictorial works -- History
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Political participation -- History
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Political participation -- Pictorial works -- History
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Social change -- History
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Social change -- Pictorial works -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists.
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Political participation.
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Protest movements.
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Social change.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781492691334 |
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149269133X |
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