Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States

by Snodgrass,Mary Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780765681270
• ISBN10: 0765681277
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Throughout American history, people with strong beliefs that ran counter to society's rules and laws have used civil disobedience to advance their causes. From the Boston Tea Party in 1773, to the Pullman Strike in 1894, to the draft card burnings and sit-ins of more recent times, civil disobedience has been a powerful force for effecting change in American society. This comprehensive A-Z encyclopedia provides a wealth of information on people, places, actions, and events that defied the law to focus attention on an issue or cause. It covers the causes and actions of activists across the political spectrum from colonial times to the present, and includes political, social economic, environmental, and a myriad of other issues. Civil Disobedience ties into all aspects of the American history curriculum, and is a rich source of material for essays and debates on critical issues and events that continue to influence our nation's laws and values. It explores the philosophies, themes, concepts, and practices of activist groups and individuals, as well as the legislation they influenced. A detailed chronology of civil disobedience, listings of acts of conscience and civil disobedience by act and by location, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and a comprehensive index complete the set.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

abolitionism

abortion

ACT-UP

Alianza Movement

American Indian Movement

Animal Liberation Front

apartheid

Baez, Joan

Baptists

Bay of Pigs invasion

Berrigan brothers

birth control

black militias

Bonus March

Booth War

bootleg AIDS drugs

Boston Tea Party

Braden, Anne, and Carl Braden

Brown, John

busing, school

Celia

Chavez, Cesar

Chicago Seven

Christiana Riot

civil disobedience

Cleburne County Draft War

Coffin, Levi

Coffin, William Sloane, Jr.

conscientious objectors

Cortina War

Coxey's Army

Davis, Angela

Day, Dorothy

death penalty

Doy, John W.

draft card burning

Drayton, Daniel

Earth First!

educating slaves

Euthanasia

Fairbank, Calvin, and Delia Ann Webster

Farmer, James

female genital mutilation

First Amendment rights

fish-ins

flag burning

flag saluting

Fonda, Jane

food riots

Freedom Rides

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

Garner, Margaret

Garrison, William Lloyd

Gaspee, burning of

gay and lesbian rights

genocide protest

Ginsberg, Allen

Goldman, Emma

Great Starvation Experiment

Green Corn Rebellion

Greenpeace

Guantanamo

Haymarket Riot

House Un-American Activities Committee

Hutchinson, Anne, and Mary Dyer

Industrial Workers of the World

Iraq War

Japanese internment

Jayhawkers

Jerry Rescue

Jones, Mother

Journey of Reconciliation

Kaho'Olawe, Hawaii

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Ku Klux Klan

labor strikes

Lay, Benjamin

Liberty Men

marijuana

Maule, Thomas

Mennonites

Minkins, Fredric "Shadrach"

Minutemen

nuclear protest

Oberlin-Wellington rescue

obscenity and pornography

O'Hare, Kate Richards

Parks, Rosa

peace movement

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

peyote

polygamy

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.

Pullman Strike of 1894

Quakers

Randolph, A. Philip

Regulators

Richardson, Gloria

Rogerenes

ROTC

Rustin, Bayard

Sacco and Vanzetti case

Sanctuary Movement

School of Americas Watch

Scopes Trial

Shakers

Shays's Rebellion

Sheehan, Cindy

Sheen, Martin

Sims, Thomas M.

sit-down strikes

sit-ins

Sons of Liberty

Standing Bear

Stanley, Rick

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

tax resistance

temperance

Thoreau, Henry David

Tubman, Harriet

Underground Railroad

Vaughan, Hester

Vieques, Puerto Rico

Vietnam War

voter Registration

Whiskey Rebellion

Wilkins, Roy

Winchester Exiles

Woman Suffrage

Woolman, John

Chronology: Historic Acts of Conscience

List of Acts of Conscience and Civil Disobedience (by Act)

List of Acts of Conscience and Civil Disobedience, by Location

Primary Documents

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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