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Thanks to impressive research showing #GeorgeFloyd / #BlackLivesMatter protests in over 700 cities in 50 states (and many beyond the USA), there's talk of the mobilization being the "broadest in US history." Here are the other contenders… woborders.blog/2020/06/08/protest-wave-us-history/Permalink On twitter.com
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Riots following Martin Luther King's assassination on April 4, 1968: "looting, arson, or sniper fire occurred in 196 cities in thirty-six states plus the District of Columbia." This coincided with other protests and led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.Permalink On twitter.com
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Occupy, fall 2011: Occupy Wall Street spawed hundreds of occupations and solidarity actions, including a movement-reported 951 events in 82 countries on October 15. The Guardian crowd-sourced a list of 746 events including 294 US municipalities.Permalink On twitter.com
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Anti-Iraq War protests, early 2003: February 15-16 was likely the largest day of internationally coordinated protest up to that date. Activists estimated 225 cities had demonstrations that day. Numerous further events March 15-23.Permalink On twitter.com
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May 1970 Student Strike: A truly multiracial/multi-issue mobilization, a nationwide student strike was spurred on by the US invasion of Cambodia, the prosecution of Black Panther leaders, and shootings at Kent and Jackson State Universities.Permalink On twitter.com
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Strikers demanded: 1) Immediate unilateral U.S. withdrawal from Southeast Asia 2) Release of all political prisoners (e.g. Black Panther leader Bobby Seale) 3) End to university complicity with war-related effortsPermalink On twitter.com
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Students staged protests on at least 883 campuses in 49 states and DC (and Nova Scotia). Over 158 colleges were closed in response, many allowing students to devote their time to protest. public.tableau.com/profile/mapping.social.movements#!/vizhome/May1970AntiwarStrikes/Story1Permalink On twitter.com
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On May 12, the New York Times reported that 158 schools were on strike "indefinitely"Permalink On twitter.com
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George Katsiaficas (in The Imagination of the New Left) estimates that 16,995 on-campus incidents of arsons or bombings set a historical record for property destruction.Permalink On twitter.com
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Off-campus protest activities intertwined with the wide antiwar and Black Power movements, from mass lobbies of Congress, to shutting down streets and highways, museums and ROTC centers.On twitter.com
