Rise up!: powerful protests in American history

We take action! Boston Tea Party

We sing out! Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial concert

We write books! Silent Spring and The Jungle

We make art! Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Nast, sanitation workers' strike, Dorothea Lange, Lewis Hine, The Silent Sentinels, Keith Haring, Voting age protests

Sometimes we start a movement... Seneca Falls Convention

...And sometimes we continue the work. Dakota Access Pipeline protests

We make laws! Brom and Bett v. Ashley; United States v. Wong Kim Ark; Loving v. Virginia; Obergefell v. Hodges

Sometimes we protest peacefully...Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins

...But not always. Robert Smalls's escape

Sometimes we protest by showing up... The Capitol Crawl and first Pride parades

...And sometimes we protest by going away. uprising of the 20,000 and Delano grape strike

Sometimes we protest together... un-dam the Klamath

...And sometimes a revolution is lonely. Ruby Bridges's school walk

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