Labor rights activists mounted parades to draw attention to dangerous workplace conditions and mourn the victims of a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that killed 146 garment workers in New York City on April 5, 1911. The group was the predecessor to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which helped pave the way for Prohibition a few decades later.ħ / 49Kheel Center // Wikimedia Commons 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist fire protests Members of the group protested the sale of alcohol through picketing, marching, and public praying outside of saloons in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, and Michigan in 1874. The Women’s Crusade was a religious, anti-alcohol group. Morton // Library of Congress 1874: The Women’s Crusade People dumped hundreds of chests of tea from the British East India Company into the water-an act of defiance against British rule without representation of the colonists who just two years later would fight in the American Revolution.Ħ / 49S.B. Protesters flooded Griffin’s Wharf in Boston on a dreary December evening in 1773 to demonstrate against the Tea Act, which gave the British government an effective monopoly on selling tea in the colonies. Sadly, the petition was not formally accepted by the higher governing bodies of the Quakers, but enslavement was eventually banned within the Quaker community in 1776. The group saw the enslavement of others as a contradiction to its religious values and its history of fleeing oppression from the British. 1688: Germantown Quaker petition against slaveryĪ group of Quakers in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1688 created the “ first written protest against slavery in the new world,” according to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust. Keep reading to learn about the important issues that motivated Americans to protest-and the impacts of those actions on our society today. The demonstrations that have made their mark on history range from the Boston Tea Party and Temperance prayer protests to demonstrations for modern-day issues, like civil rights, climate change, nuclear disarmament, reproductive health concerns, LGBTQ+ equality, and gun control. Research came from The New York Times, The Week, Time, and Business Insider government archives and information from unions and mission-driven organizations.
To understand where the Black Lives Matter demonstrations fit into this rich history, Stacker took a closer look at some of the most famous American protests. And many politicians promised to adjust police budgets so money gets reallocated to support communities directly through improved housing, education, and mental health programs, especially in communities of color.
The Minneapolis City Council agreed to dismantle its police force and rethink how it approaches public safety. The four police officers involved in the killing of Floyd were charged with crimes related to the incident. The protests prompted widespread dialogue about racial injustice and the political and cultural systems that support it. The protesters called for justice for Floyd and other Black people-from Breonna Taylor to Elijah McClain-who were killed by police, an end to police brutality, a dismantling of racist systems and symbols (including memorials to Confederate soldiers), and a greater investment in communities in need. The May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd, a Black man, held under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparked protests across U.S.
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We’ve seen that historic institution in full force with Black Lives Matter protests and, more generally, protests against the storied, systemic racial injustice in the United States. The tradition of protesting in the United States is older than the country itself. And the Yippies who put on the event inspired countless creative takes on what protest could be, from the Women’s Art Movement (WAM) to the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). The striking civic protest against the Vietnam War was noteworthy not just for its unusual call to action, but for the new and inventive ways Americans were flexing their right to peaceably assemble. Following several speeches, roughly 50% of those gathered walked over to the Pentagon where a few hundred people then attempted to levitate the building. 21, 1967, 100,000 people came together at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
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