Protest

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/14/19
  

  Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.

  by Nikole Hannah-Jones

  Without the idealistic, strenuous and patriotic efforts of black Americans, our democracy today would most likely look very different — it might not be a democracy at all.

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• 8/18/19
  

  “This letter is the last that I write to you:" The Courage of Youth Resisters in World War 2 France

  by Ronald C. Rosbottom

  Young people's impatience, their perceptive view of a better tomorrow, their faith in the power of solidarity, and their energetic fearlessness reminds us adults that change is possible. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/16/19
  

  The History Behind Hong Kong's Ongoing Protests

  Victoria Hui, a Hong Kong native and political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, explains Hong Kong's political history as protests continue there.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/2/10
  

  After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself

  by Louisa Lim

  Young people question the value of knowledge, a victory for Beijing 30 years after the crackdown on student protests.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/3/19
  

  30 Years After Tiananmen, ‘Tank Man’ Remains an Icon and a Mystery

  Three decades after the Chinese Army crushed demonstrations centered on Tiananmen Square, “Tank Man” — the person who boldly confronted a convoy of tanks barreling down a Beijing avenue — is as much a mystery as ever.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  6/4/19
  

  National Security Archive Publishes Special Exhibit on the 30th anniversary of the Massacre at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square

  Declassified Records Describe Attacks by Chinese Troops, Internal Official Debates, and U.S. Attempts to Keep U.S.-China Relations on Track.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  5/30/19
  

  The New Tiananmen Papers

  by Andrew J. Nathan

  Inside the Secret Meeting That Changed China.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/30/19
  

  Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness

  After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.

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• 5/7/19
  

  How Chinese History Restarted 100 Years Ago

  by Peter Zarrow

  On Sunday, May 4, 1919, some 3,000 students assembled at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to protest the Versailles Treaty that ended World War I. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/4/19
  

  49 Years After the Kent State Shootings, New Photos Are Revealed

  The new photos were taken by John Filo and Howard Ruffner, two students at the university. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/27/19
  

  Once a center of antiabortion extremism, Kansas’s protections are now stronger than ever

  The month and a half in 1991 that radically changed the politics of abortion in Kansas.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/15/19
  

  Hu Yaobang's Death 30 years ago was the spark for the Tiananmen Square protests

  He is mourned — to this day — by those who hail him as an anti-corruption reformer.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/26/19
  

  The danger of denying black Americans political rights

  by Kellie Carter Jackson

  Without access to political rights, violence becomes a crucial tool in the fight for freedom.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/12/19
  

  Beyond blackface: How college yearbooks captured protest and change

  by John R. Thelin

  College yearbook editors in the 1960s juxtaposed pictures of traditional campus activities, such as Greek Life, alongside images of protests and marches.

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• SOURCE: ABC News
  3/8/19
  

  International Women's Day went from bloody revolution to corporate breakfasts

  The radical history behind International Women's Day. 

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• SOURCE: The Digital Press
  Accessed 2/21/19
  

  Protesting on Bended Knee: Race, Dissent and Patriotism in 21st Century America

  by Eric Burin

  This digital book is available for free download!

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• SOURCE: Bustle
  1/18/19
  

  Historians Explain How The Women's March Builds On More Than 100 Years Of Resistance

  Three past protests in particular opened up opportunities for movements like the Women's March to take place: the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913, the Silent Parade of 1917, and the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/18/19
  

  The Women’s March is riddled with divisions. But that doesn’t mean feminism is in crisis.

  by Lauren Haumesser

  Since the early 19th century, the women’s movement in the United States has broken along the lines of race, class, age and religion. 

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• SOURCE: The Lily
  1/17/19
  

  Five women’s marches throughout history that triggered political change

  by Rachel Vogelstein and Rebecca Turkington

  Throughout history, women’s movements around the world have translated mass collective action into political, social and economic change.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2-22-18
  

  We wouldn't be America without student activists

  by Peniel Joseph

  Students, teens and younger have been part of the anatomy of social justice movements since the end of World War II, most notably the civil rights movement of the 1960s.