social movements

A collection of essays by activists, journalists, and community organizers that explores police violence against people of color and other marginalized communities and failures of reform the justice system.

As the 1960s drew to a close, the United States was coming apart at the seams. From August 1969 to August 1970, the nation witnessed nine thousand protests and eighty-four acts of arson or bombings at schools across the country. It was the year of the My Lai massacre investigation, the Cambodia invasion, Woodstock, and the Moratorium to End the War. The American death toll in Vietnam was approaching fifty thousand, and the ascendant counterculture was challenging nearly every aspect of American society. Witness to the Revolution, Clara Bingham?s unique oral history of that tumultuous time, unveils anew that moment when America careened to the brink of a civil war at home, as it fought a long, futile war abroad.

After experiencing a series of escalating sexist incidents, from being harassed and wolf-whistled at on the street, to discrimination in the workplace and serious sexual assault, Laura Bates started the Everyday Sexism Project and has gone on to write 'a pioneering analysis of modern day misogyny.' The project became one of the biggest social media success stories of the internet. Bates inspires women to lead a real change and writes this book that is a protest against inequality and a manifesto for change.

This nonfiction picture book is about the women and children who led the social movement that made Amsterdam the most bike-friendly city in the world.

Contains forty groups of essays, each of which includes an overview of an issue related to the social and political movements of twentieth-century Europe, arranged alphabetically by topic, with a chronology of events from 1900 to 1999.

"Provides a glimpse into the laws, policies, and political struggles that have shaped the lives of American high school students over the last one hundred years. Through dozens of case studies, Dawson Barrett recounts the strikes, marches, and picket lines of teens all over the U.S. as they demand better textbooks, start recycling programs, and protest the censorship of student newspapers"--Back cover.

Collection of articles analyzing the 1960s, focusing on the actions of social protest movements, and argues that the new left and counterculture produced a coherent body of critical thought about the nature of American society.

Draws on historic and contemporary examples to explore why and how activists break the law and why they feel their civil disobedience is justified in order to promote and protect their beliefs and causes.

Discusses social activism, its evolution through time and how the web can be used to get people involved in issues facing our society today.