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African American medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos with their fists raised during the national anthem at the 1968 Olympics.

Reparation as Fantasy

Remembering the black-fisted silent protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.
by Jamal Ratchford via Process: A Blog for American History on October 15, 2017

From Liberty Tree to Taking a Knee

How America's founding era sheds light on the NFL controversy.
by Stephen Solomon via First Amendment Watch on October 12, 2017

Flip-Flopping on Free Speech

The fight for the First Amendment, on campuses and football fields, from the sixties to today.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on October 9, 2017

The Road to Charlottesville Runs Through Americus, Georgia

While Trump's response was unprecedented, the inclination to highlight violence on the Left – especially from black Americans – is not.
by Ansley L. Quiros via The Activist History Review on October 6, 2017

The War to End All Wars

The ardent but flawed movement against World War I.
by Geoffrey Wheatcroft via The Nation on October 5, 2017

The Long History of Black Women's Exclusion in Historic Marches in Washington

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.
by Ashley D. Farmer via Black Perspectives on October 4, 2017

Colin Kaepernick: Historical Perspectives

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.
by Erin Burin via North Dakota Perspectives on October 4, 2017
Illustration of the folk hero, John Henry, face down with a hammer in his hand.

A History of American Protest Music: This Is the Hammer That Killed John Henry

How a folk hero inspired one of the most covered songs in American history.
by Tom Maxwell via Longreads on October 4, 2017

No Rights Which the White Man Is Bound to Respect

The spectre of Dred Scott is haunting St. Louis.
by Walter Johnson via Boston Review on September 27, 2017

How NFL Protests Mirror Berkeley’s 1960s Free Speech Movement

The football players are following in a long tradition of protest.
via VICE News on September 25, 2017

“Taking a Knee”: Simple Phrase, Powerful—and Changing—Meaning

Used in military and football slang, the phrase dates back to at least 1960.
by John Kelly via Mashed Radish on September 25, 2017

From Louis Armstrong to the N.F.L: Ungrateful as the New Uppity

The belief endures, from Armstrong’s time that visible, affluent African-American entertainers are obliged to adopt a pose of ceaseless gratitude.
by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on September 24, 2017

Before Trump vs. the NFL, There was Jackie Robinson vs. JFK

Years after he integrated the MLB, Robinson publicly badgered John F. Kennedy on civil rights.
by Steven Levingston via Retropolis on September 24, 2017
A patient in solitary confinement at a special hospital at Broadmoor in Berkshire (1956).
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America Must Listen to its Prisoners Before We Make a Major Mistake

The anniversary of two major revolts remind us that tough-on-crime policies have created intense suffering in our prisons.
by Heather Ann Thompson via Made By History on September 8, 2017
Baseball card featuring Clem Daniels.

This Football Player Fought for Civil Rights in the '60s

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.
by Clem Daniels, Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on September 8, 2017

Understanding the Antifa

The anti-fascist left stems from a long tradition of violence and protest in America.
by Nicole Hemmer via U.S. News & World Report on September 5, 2017
Demonstrators protesting new history curriculum
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How The Culture Wars Destroyed Public Education

The left's Pyrrhic victory in the culture wars.
by Andrew Hartman via Made By History on September 5, 2017

Forrest the Butcher

Memphis wants to remove a statue honoring first grand wizard of the KKK.
by Liliana Segura via The Intercept on September 2, 2017

The "Quaker Comet" Was the Greatest Abolitionist You've Never Heard Of

Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation's first radicals to argue for an end to slavery.
by Marcus Rediker via Smithsonian Magazine on September 1, 2017
White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. on Aug 12, 2017.

The ACLU's Free Speech Stance Should Be About Social Justice, Not 'Timeless' Principles

When the organization first defended Nazis, it did so for practical reasons.
by Laura Weinrib via Los Angeles Times on August 30, 2017

An Intimate History of Antifa

"Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” by Mark Bray, is part history, part how-to.
by Daniel Penny via The New Yorker on August 22, 2017

Racism, Medievalism, and the White Supremacists of Charlottesville

The weekend's demonstrators were the latest in a long line of American racists to ally themselves with an imagined Middle Ages.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on August 15, 2017

A Look Back at a 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally and the Protesters Who Organized Against It

Seventy-eight years ago, protesters and white supremacists clashed outside of Madison Square Garden.
by Matt Giles via Longreads on August 14, 2017
Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

The Battle of Charlottesville

What happened in Virginia was not the culminating battle of this conflict. It’s likely a tragic preface to more of the same.
by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on August 13, 2017
Barbara Lee speaking at a House of Representatives podium.

The Origin of Endless War

On Barbara Lee and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
by Richard Beck via n+1 on August 11, 2017
Children march in a "silent protest" parade in New York city.

One Hundred Years After the Silent Parade

Here's what we've learned about mass protests since the 1917 Silent Parade.
by Isabel Wilkerson, Synclaire Cruel via PBS NewsHour on July 29, 2017
1917 NAACP Silent Protest Parade

Remembering the NAACP's Silent Protest Parade, a 1917 March Against Racial Terror

Yale's Beinecke Library marks the centennial of 10,000 people marching through New York City, one of the earliest African American civil rights demonstrations.
by Allison C. Meier via Hyperallergic on July 27, 2017

Remembering the ADA

Americans may be tempted to pat ourselves on the back about the ADA, but we can’t afford to congratulate ourselves too soon.
by Felicia Kornbluh via Vermont Public Radio on July 26, 2017

100 Years Ago African-Americans Marched Down Fifth Avenue to Declare That Black Lives Matter

Remembering the "Silent Protest Parade."
by Chad Williams via The Conversation on July 25, 2017

The Rage and Rebellion of the Detroit Riots, Captured in One Poem

50 years later, Philip Levine's poem, "They Feed They Lion," helps us remember and understand that time.
by Elizabeth Flock via PBS NewsHour on July 17, 2017
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