25 Facts About Lesser-Known Protests and Activists to Get You Blaring Some Rage Against the Machine and Drawing Up Some Hilarious Picket Signs

Hit the facts then hit the streets!

Seeing something and saying something takes a lot of courage and is just downright commendable. Good on these folks who didnt lay down without a fight, ya know? It gets these cowardly fact-finders amped up to talk a big game but most likely not do anything about it.

Can using our platform to help spread the word count as “doing our part”? Please! From the looks of these, its a lot safer behind this keyboard.

The 1960 Bloody Wade-In

Bayard Rustin

Sylvia Rivera

Barbara Gittings

Lesbia Harford

David Kato

Jackie Shane

Karl Ulrichs

The 1938 Hilo Massacre

The 1933 Anti-Nazi Boycott

The 1917 Silent Parade

The 1913 Suffrage Parade

The 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott

The 1739 Stono Rebellion

The 1688 Germantown Protest

Lois Jenson

Beate Sirota Gordon

Jeanette Rankin

Yu Gwan-sun

Belva Ann Lockwood

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Luisa Capetillo

Gertrude Boyarski

Lucretia Mott

Gladys Bentley

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