Protest: Activism and Social Change, 1845-2015 (An exhibition)

Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14324/44

INTRODUCTION

“Protest” is, at its core, an exhibit about people coming together for a common cause. This exhibit brings together historical materials from across the collections of the Ward M. Canaday Center and unites them around the common theme of activism. The word “activism” might bring to mind protests or demonstrations, but in this exhibit, we are exploring the many ways that Americans have acted together to bring about social and political change: through public marches and protests, through art and writing, through service and scholarship.

EXHIBIT LINKS:

Women's History
Civil Rights
Disability Rights
Labor Movement
Student Protest
LGBTQ Activism
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Navigating this exhibition: Follow the link to the individual exhibit above, use the image to open the large view, close it when you are finished, then follow the Collection link to return to this page.

CREDITS
Catalog Research and Text: Tamara Jones, Sara Mouch, and Lauren Whiten
Catalog Graphic Design: Loralei R. Byatt
Exhibition Collaborators: Suzanne Henry, Tamara Jones, Lisa Meyer, Sara Mouch, and David Remaklus
Virtual Exhibition: Arjun Sabharwal

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    Civil Rights
    This chapter follows the Civil Rights Movement from its tipping point with the murder of Emmet Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, the rise of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, the emergence of the Black Power and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, to the protests against apartheid in the 1980s.
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    Disability Rights
    This chapter explores the roots of disability rights reforms during the Progressive Era as charities and non-profits formed to provide services to the disabled.
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    Labor Movement
    In this chapter, details about the fight for unionization emerge, from demanding a ten-hour workday in the 1840s, which resulted in the first legislative hearing regarding laborers’ rights, to the rise of worker unrest during the Progressive Era with violent clashes between management and employees.
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    LGBTQ Activism
    This chapter documents the LGBTQ Rights Movement from the Stonewall riots in 1969, which were instrumental in mobilizing gay activist groups, through the empowering 1970s which saw the first openly gay public official elected to office and the blockage of California’s Proposition 6 which would have banned homosexuals from teaching in public schools, to the sobering 1980s and the AIDs epidemic, which increased stigma and discrimination for LGBTQ groups.
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    Student Protest
    This chapter explores the Counter Culture movement of the 1960s and 1970s and the growing unrest on college and university campuses across the nation.
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    Women's Rights
    This chapter documents the Women’s Rights Movement from the fight for a woman’s right to vote in the 1840s to the second wave of feminism during the post-World War II era and the ongoing demand for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.