Protest Project

Gandhi's Salt March

How did Gandhi Win? Lessons from the salt march (Dissent Magazine)

When Gandhi's salt march rattled colonial rule (History Channel)

Case Study: The Salt March (Beautiful Trouble Project)

Apartheid Protests

June 16 Soweto Student Uprising (South African History Online)

This photo galvanized the world against apartheid. Here's the story behind it (Time)

Confronting Apartheid: Chapter 3 (Facing History and Ourselves)

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests

Hong Kong Protests: One Year Later (New York Times)

Why are there protests in Hong Kong? All the background you need (BBC)

In Pictures: Hong Kong protests over security laws (Al Jazeera)

Berlin Wall Protests

History didn't bring down the Berlin wall- activists did (Foreign Policy in Focus)

What happened the day the Berlin Wall fell (Time)

Berlin Wall (History Channel)

Orange Revolution

Why has Ukraine become disillusioned with the Orange Revolution (BBC)

Ukraine: the revolution lives on (Al Jazeera)

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Movement (The Guardian)

Race and America (New York Times)

Opal Tometi, co-founder of Black Lives Matter: "I do this because we deserve to live" (The Guardian)

Black Lives Matter: From social media post to global movement (BBC)

Icelandic Financial Crisis Protests

10 Years Later: The protests that brought down the government (Reykjavik Grapevine)

Protests rattle Iceland's government (New York Times)

Iceland's "pots and pans revolution" (The Independent)

Iraq War Protests

February 15, 2003. The day the world said no to war (Institute for Policy Studies)

"We were ignored": anti-war protesters remember the Iraq war marches (The Guardian)

Arab Spring

The Arab Spring: a year of revolution (NPR)

The Arab Spring: Five Years On (Amnesty International)

People Power Revolution

How Filipino People Power toppled dictator Marcos (BBC)

Timeline: EDSA People Power Revolution (ABS-CBN News)

Women's March

Women's March Global (Women's March Global)

Women's March: 30 countries set to take part in third global protest (The Guardian)

Anti-Brexit Protests

Brexit March (BBC)

In London, hundreds of thousands demand another chance to vote on Brexit (Vox)

In photos: Thousands march for second Brexit referendum (CNN)

Databases

Academic OneFile

Britannica Academic (Encyclopedia)

Don't forget to check out the "Related resources" section of the Britannica Academic articles

History Reference Center

News (Gale OneFile)

Tips

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