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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeang-Yamahtta Taylor
Call Number: E185.86 .T373 2016 (Gumberg 3rd floor)
The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America. The Black Lives Matter movement has awakened a new generation of activists.
For the Prevention of Cruelty by Diane L. Beers
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For the Prevention of Cruelty is the first history of organized advocacy on behalf of animals in the United States to appear in nearly a half century, telling an intriguing and important story that reveals society's often changing relationship with animals through the lens of those who struggled to shepherd the public toward a greater compassion.
Defenders of the Unborn by Daniel K. Williams
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In Defenders of the Unborn, Daniel K. Williams reveals the hidden history of the pro-life movement in America, showing that a cause that many see as reactionary and anti-feminist began as a liberal crusade for human rights.
The Pro-Choice Movement: organization and activism in the abortion conflict by Suzanne Staggenborg
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In the 1960s a movement led by family planning activists and feminists emerged to challenge state anti-abortion laws, resulting in the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion throughout the U.S. Using interviews with past and present activists and historicalrecords of movement organizations, this book traces the development of the "pro-choice" movement from its origins through the 1980s.
A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women by Bayyinah S. Jeffries
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A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Movement for Black Self Determination, 1950-1975 challenges traditional notions and interpretations of African American, particularly women who joined the Original Nation of Islam during the Civil Rights-Black Power era.
This Indian Country: American Indian activists and the place they made by Frederick Hoxie
Call Number: E98.T77 H69 2013x
In this bold and sweeping counternarrative to our conventional understanding of Native American history, celebrated academic historian Frederick E. Hoxie presents the story of Native American political activism—a chronicle that spans more than two hundred years.
The Art of Protest: culture and activism from the civil rights movement to the streets of Seattle by T. V. Reed
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The first broad overview of social movements and the distinctive cultural forms that express and helped shape them, The Art of Protest shows the vital importance of these movements to American culture.

Antiwar Dissent and Peace Activism in World War I America by Scott H. Bennett (Editor, Introduction by); Charles F. Howlett (Editor, Introduction by)
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World War I was a watershed in modern world history. On the battlefield, millions were slaughtered by chemical warfare, machine guns, and trench warfare—and this senseless bloodletting remains the most enduring legacy of the Great War. Critical to understanding the war’s significance is the often-overlooked emergence of a “modern” dynamic grassroots peace movement that both opposed war and sought to abolish its social causes.
Make your own history: documenting feminist and queer activism in the 21st century by Lyz Bly (Editor); Kelly Wooten (Editor)
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Activists, archivists, librarians, and scholars address the following issues and topics: the practical material challenges of documenting and archiving contemporary activism; theoretical perspectives and conversations; online communities and communications; "third wave" feminism/youth and queer cultures/subcultures; the move from paper to digital archives and documents; zines; and the work of activists who employ creative/artistic/cultural approaches to work for social justice.
Hippies, Indians, and the Fight for Red Power by Sherry L. Smith
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Through much of the 20th century, Federal policy toward Indians sought to extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That policy was dramatically confronted in the late 1960s when a loose coalition of hippies, civil rights advocates, Black Panthers, unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakersand other Christians, celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight for Indian rights. Thoroughly researched and vividly written, this book not only illuminates this transformative historical moment but contributes greatly to our understanding about social movements.

Finding Activism Resources at Gumberg

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Social movements
Animal rights movement
Black lives matter movement
Feminism OR Women's rights movement
Civil rights movements
Gay OR LGBT rights movement
Grassroots activism
Peace movements
Occupy movement
Youth protest movements
Internet AND activism
Hacktivism
Political participation in the United States
Political activism in the United States
Community activism

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America: History and Life
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CQ Researcher: Social Movements
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CQ Researcher: Citizen Protests
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