33 Random Bits of Trivia About Protests, Riots, Activism and Overall Stick-It-to-the-Man Type Behavior
Well, if random facts about protests on Cracked.com doesn’t get you riled up to get out there and make a difference, then we don’t know what will. We’re pretty sure that reading one of our lists was the catalyst for these spirited individuals to stand up for what they believed in.
Sure, many of these incidents occurred decades before the site’s existence, but let’s not get caught up with semantics when there’s change to be made. Plus, we just want to feel involved, okay?
1933 Anti-Nazi Boycott
Freeman Field Mutiny
Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
Yu Gwan-sun
Huda Sha’arawi
Khatoon Khider
David Kato
Barbara Gittings
Bayard Rustin
Clone High
Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’
Billie Joe Armstrong
The Stunt Women’s Association
Warner Bros. Pictures
Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: New York Times
Westboro Baptist Church
Source: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Kevin Smith And His Movies
Lesbia Harford
Source: Making Queer History
Iceland’s Equal Rights Strike
NASA
Source: 23 Facts That Challenge Accepted Beliefs About Outer Space
Stevie Wonder
John Deere
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Hilo Massacre
Source: University of Hawai'i
The Silent Parade
Kiefer Sutherland
Source: Deadline
The Bristol Bus Boycott
Source: BBC
Samuel L. Jackson
Source: All That’s Interesting
Amazon vs. Unionizing
Source: The Verge
Pepsi
Robert Sanford
Source: CNBC