December 19, 2023 - From the Boston Tea Party to the March for Our Lives, we explore 20 of the most famous protests in American history and their impact.

1 day ago - This list includes U.S. protests with at least 101,000 participants, ordered by peak single-day protestor turnout. Events spanning multiple locations are highlighted in yellow. In 1995, the National Park Service estimated that 400,000 people attended the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., the official count for the event.

October 31, 2024 - A timeline of protest and revolution throughout the world, from King John signing the Magna Carta in 1215, up to the Occupy Movement in 2010.

The Sir George Williams affair (also known as the Sir George Williams riot) took place in winter 1969, when more than 200 students decided to peacefully occupy the ninth floor of the Henry F. Hall Building at Sir George Williams University in Montreal. These students were protesting the university ...

March 10, 2022 - The protests were largely peaceful. However, they had little impact on policy. The invasion of Iraq began on March 20, 2003. "Tank Man" became the most famous image of peaceful resistance of the late 20th century (Image credit: Getty/ Archive Photos)

June 4, 2020 - The following historically significant political protests include a decisive event in the Civil Rights movement, two history-changing moments that occurred within one year and the medieval defiance of one man.

Gandhi’s Salt March inspired hundreds of Indians to flout the salt tax. Gandhi was arrested for his efforts, but the Salt March established him as a force to be reckoned with in the struggle against British colonizers. Protesters aren’t always peaceful though.

November 20, 2020 - Over the course of three hours, approximately 100 colonists dumped 45 tons of tea belonging to the British into Boston Harbor. The protest was met with punishment from the British, with Parliament passing more retaliatory measures, including closing the Boston port until the debt from the ruined goods was paid.

June 26, 2025 - The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, with an estimated 20 million participants.

April 3, 2023 - Greensboro Sit-ins (1960) - Nonviolent protests at segregated lunch counters in North Carolina, which helped to galvanize the Civil Rights Movement. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) - A massive rally in Washington, D.C., where ...

January 24, 2022 - The protests were part of the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. [Pictured: People demonstrate in Washington on July 20, 2013, following acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin.] ... Dubbed the largest climate change march in history, the People’s Climate March included some 310,000 demonstrators marching down the streets of Manhattan on Sept.

July 8, 2016 - Followed by dozens, Gandhi walked over 240 miles leading protesters to the Arabian Sea to pick up a small handful of salt out of the muddy waters of the sea. Seventeen years later, after this peaceful yet defiant act, India gained independence from Britain.

In the summer of 1990, a resistance occurred in Kanesatake, Quebec. Nearby is a town called Oka. This event has many names – the Oka Crisis, the Kanesatake Resistance, and the Mohawk Resistance. The main participants were Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) protesters, the Quebec police, the RCMP, and ...

October 15, 2022 - Here are 11 examples of students protests that changed the world: ... Fisk University has a long history of student activism. In 1925, Fisk president Fayette McKenzie restricted many student activities, including discontinuing the school newspaper, cutting most extracurriculars, and putting restrictions on interactions between male and female students.

March 12, 2015 - Protestors watching members of their band making salt following the civil disobedience riots and demonstrations demanding the boycotting of British goods and the arrest of leader Mahatma Gandhi in Kapadwamj, India on May 6, 1930.Popperfoto—Getty Images ... When Mohandas Gandhi began his famous Salt March 85 years ago today, on Mar. 12, 1930, he couldn’t have known the influence it would wield on the history ...

December 6, 2024 - Explore the most memorable protests in U.S. history, from the Boston Tea Party to the March for Our Lives.

July 11, 2018 - In 1963, over 200,000 protesters gathered in the American capital to push for better rights for black Americans, who were still suffering from inequality and discrimination. Those who gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial were lucky enough to hear Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his celebrated “I have a dream” speech – perhaps the most famous public address in modern history...

June 1, 2020 - The Women's March in 2017 was the largest single-day demonstration in US history, attracting up to 5.2 million protesters. Here's a look back at some of the biggest marches in American history. Martin Luther King Jr at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. AP · Approximately 250,000 people participated in the 1963 civil rights march in Washington, DC, where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

November 24, 2020 - A Major four-day eruption of violence occurred in New York City resulting from deep worker discontent with the inequities of conscription during the U.S. Civil War. On May 4, 1886, a clash between police and labor protesters in Chicago became ...

December 12, 2024 - In one of the most famous speeches in American history, Martin Luther King Jr., backed by 200,000 supporters that turned out to the Lincoln Memorial, protested the racial inequality ...