Protester Collection

Crowd of Angry Black Panther Protesters
(Original Caption) 2/2/1970-New York, NY- Gesturing and shouting, demonstrators outside New York City Criminal Court protest the trying of 16 Black Panther Party members

Indians Protesting at Alcatraz
A group of Sioux Indians protest at Alcatraz in an attempt to claim the land under the allowances provided in an 1868 treaty with the U.S. government

LADY GODIVA, 11th CENTURY. Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman, patron of the arts, equestrienne, and tax protester. Lady Godiva riding nude on a horse

Unemployed coal miners demonstrating at Jarrow, England, in 1936
ENGLAND: COAL MINERS, 1936. Unemployed coal miners demonstrating at Jarrow, England, in 1936

Carolina colonist refusing to pay taxes, 1700s
Tax-collector beaten off by an angry Carolina colonist. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

White Women Protesting Desegregation
Mrs. Lee Hooks and other white housewives demonstrate against planned desegregation at William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans

Firemen Aim Hoses at Civil Rights Protest
Although a group of 2, 000 African American protesters have been given permission to hold a civil rights rally near the Birmingham jail

AMERICAN SUFFRAGISTS. Playwright Mercedes de Acosta and her sister demonstrating for womens suffrage during World War I

BELFAST: RIOT, 1872. Orangemen (Irish Protestants) attacking a Catholic procession in Belfast, Ulster, August 1872. Wood engraving from a contemporary English newspaper

WOMENs SUFFRAGE, 1920. Young girls at an American suffrage meeting, c1920, in an automobile festooned with banners and placards reading, Votes for Us When We are Women

NEW YORK: DRAFT RIOTS 1863. First Avenue under siege during the New York City Draft Riots of 13-16 July 1863: engraving from a contemporary newspaper account

Peace Demonstrators and Military Police at Protest
Peace protesters taunt a line of soldiers with the military police during an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the Pentagon in Washington DC

Demonstrators Throwing Eggs at Limousine
(Original Caption) Berkeley, California: Student demonstrator, holding spare ammunition in his let hand

Integration Protest, Monroe, North Carolina. Photograph by Delcan Haun, August 1961
CIVIL RIGHTS, 1961. Integration Protest, Monroe, North Carolina. Photograph by Delcan Haun, August 1961

Handbill in English and in German calling the mass meeting at Haymarket Square
HAYMARKET HANDBILL, 1886. Handbill in English and in German calling the mass meeting at Haymarket Square, Chicago, May 4, 1886

Protesters looting shops in Piccadilly, London, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Protesters looting shops in Piccadilly, London, 1886. Men encouraged to loot shops during a meeting of the Socialist leader John Burns in Trafalgar Square on 8 February 1886

Workers demonstration outside the Captaincy General, Barcelona, Spain, 1890. Creator: Rico
Workers demonstration outside the Captaincy General, Barcelona, Spain, 1890. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana" (Spanish and American Illustration), 1890

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Spanien - Land und Leute
Demonstrationen in ganz Spanien erfolgten. Die Sache der Republik bekam einen neuen Auftrieb, sie schien eine Sache des Volkes zu sein

A participant holding a poster during the Pride March. Thousands of gay members marched through the streets of Marikina, Metro Manila as they participated in this year's pride March

Astronaut with message / 3D illustration of space suit wearing male figure holding blank cardboard sign isolated on white studio background

The Irish Orange Riots in New York, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Irish Orange Riots in New York, 1871

Suffragettes Marching with Signs
(Original Caption) New York: New York Society Woman Suffragettes as sandwich men advertise a mass meeting to be addressed by the Governor of the Suffrage states. Photograph

Smoky Street with Citizens and Officials on Opposing Sides
(Original Caption) New York: The Draft Riots In New York. The Battle In Second Avenue

Child Textile Workers Holding Protest Signs During Strike
(Original Caption) Philadelphia: Juvenile textile workers on strike in Philadelphia

Mahatma Gandhi with Granddaughter Before Assassination
(Original Caption) Mahatma Gandhi and his granddaughter on whose hands he fell unconscious when shot

Suffragette Inez Milholland in Suffrage Parade
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Suffragette Inez Milholland in Suffrage Parade

Mrs. Sarojini Naida Aiding in Salt Protest
(Original Caption) Mrs. sarajini Naida, aide to Mahatma Ghandhi carried on his work and was photographed shortly before she was arrested for landing a demonstration of disobedience by gathering salt

Walter Reuther Leading Protesters
(Original Caption) United Auto Workers Union President Walter Reuther (right and holding sign)

National Guard Confronting Demonstrators
The National Guard disperses demonstrators who vowed to shut down the town's business community after their demands to the University of California were rejected

Crowd on Street in Korea With Signs
(Original Caption) Photo shows crowds on the street in Korea, waiting for Lyndon Baines Johnson's arrival. They hold various signs that appear to indicate a friendly atmosphere

Jehovah's Witnesses
Man protesting outside of a business owned by a Jehovah's Witness

Citizens Attacking Soldiers on Horseback
Protests in Schleswig, Holstein, prior to German-Danish War. | Location: Schleswig, Germany

Woman Being Led Away During Anti German Riots
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS IN LONDON, WWI.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH

Boston Tea Party by John Andrew
American colonists cheer as demonstrators dressed as Indians throw tea from British ships

Large Crowd of Basque Protesters at Gates of Building
(Original Caption

People Picketing at the Waldorf Astoria
(Original Caption) :Looking Down on Picket Parade at Waldorf

Protester Being Taken into Custody
(Original Caption) With a policeman on each arm, a woman demonstrator is led away from a street skirmish between police and marchers protesting integration at Central High School

Student Being Interrogated at University
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Protesters Standing in Street
(Original Caption) A battered bus stands in as a police paddy wagon to carry off banner-waving Communists in Calcutta

Female Protesters Advance Toward GM Plant
2/2/1937-Flint, MI-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Women and children, related to the General Motors Strikers

Suffragettes Before Hike to Washington, D.C

Protesters Demonstrating to Save the West Village
A crowd gathers on a New York street to demonstrate in protest of urban renewal plans, wearing pins that read "Save the West Village"

Print of Students Demonstrating in St. Petersburg
After students in St. Petersburg protest in 1902, police closed the university and sent many demonstrators to Siberia

Suffragettes in Sandwich Boards
Women advertising a conference to be attended by governors of suffrage states

Russian Revolutionaries on Parade
Military revolutionaries in Russia parade down a street in a car with a banner

Suffragette Protest in Greenwich Village
Suffragettes displaying banners at Washington Mews in Greenwich Village, New York City, ca. 1912

Militia Keeping Strikers Away from Mills
(Original Caption) Lawrence, MA: Strikes. Militia keeping strikers away from mills to prevent violence. Photograph 1912.BPA2# 2798

Suffragettes Riding atop Vehicle
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Suffragists Posing with Signs

Suffragette Parade near Capitol
Washington, DC.: Women Activists, the Suffragettes shown parading down street with musical accompaniment

Suffragettes and Supporters Together
Suffragettes and supporters marching

Emmeline Pankhurst Carried by Officer
Emmeline Pankhurst is led away by a policeman after leading a group of suffragettes in an attempt to present a petition to the King at Buckingham Palace

Boston Suffragists
A group of suffragists in Boston carry a "Suffrage Melting Pot". They are, from left to right, Josephine Slack, Inez Kjellstrom, Marian Ferguson, Sue Fitzgerald, and Mary Carson

Large Crowd with Signs
(Original Caption) Juvenile police of New York's East Side Protective Association parade on February 12th, in interest of mother's pension bill

Bolsheviks Rally Around Triumphal Arch
(Original Caption) A crowd of Russian revolutionists gathered around the famous Narva Triumphal Arch in Petrograd

Women Protesting U.S. Involvement in World War I
Rose Cohn, journalist Dorothy Day and Charlotte Margolies wearing sashes stating "Keep Out of War" in protest to U.S. involvement in World War I

Suffragette Frances E. Fitch with Recruitment Posters
(Original Caption) Suffragettes Aid Recruiters To Enlist Men for the Navy. Photo shows: Miss Frances E

Policeman Clearing City Hall Park
(Original Caption) 6/16/1917-New York, NY-5, 000 WOMEN IN CITY HALL REGISTRY RIOT

Suffragettes Posing with Banner
(Original Caption) These two suffragettes carried their banner to a White House gate on June 22, 1917. The message indicts Woodrow Wilson, but he later came out in favor of the Nineteenth Amendment

Revolutionaries with Red Flag
(Original Caption) The Red Flag is seen here, as it is unfurled in Moscow

Red Cross Nurses Parading with Flags
(Original Caption) Paris, France: A group of Red Cross Nurses headed by the late Colonel Julia Stimson, Army Nurse Corps, during a parade in Paris, France

Striking Telephone Operators Posing While on Picket Duty
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Steel Strikers with Strike Notices

Gandhi Addressing His Countrymen
(Original Caption) Mahatma Gandhi, India's late famed Hindu leader, is shown addressing an outdoor meeting of his countrymen in May, 1919, in Calcutta

View of Soldiers and Citizen as Victim of Unrest
(Original Caption) Photo shows a man shot by Soldiers of the State, and a rifle guard being restored to consciousness by noncombatants on a Vienna Street

Actors Strike

Actors Strike
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Striking Actors Equity Member with Picket Sign Under Umbrella
(Original Caption)

Bolshevists and German Troops
(Original Caption) Riga: Women Of Riga Nationalized By The Bolsheviki Rescued By The Germans

Striking Tenants Outside Their Building
9/1919- New York, NY- ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Striking tenants outside their Harlem building

People Striking Against Taxes
(Original Caption) Tax Strike in Paris

Anti-Prohibition Demonstration
Protesters carrying signs about the negative effects of prohibition on international trade, returning soldiers and morals

Suffragettes Carrying Banners at Republican Convention Hall

Communist Demonstrators Protesting Child Labor
Women and children carrying signs which protest child labor and low wages

German Workers Carry Uncle Sam
(Original Caption) A group of German workers offer their opinions of American capitalists with this scene as a part of their May Day Celebration in Berlin

NYC Citizens Protesting Fare Hikes
(Original Caption) A hundred prominent citizens of New York City headed by Mayor Hylan and Senator Hiram W

Sir Edward Carson Standing Near Flag Pole with Demonstrators
(Original Caption) Sir Edward Carson, with hat in hand, is shown in a Hyde Park demonstration during Ulster crisis

Jewish Protest in Petrograd Cemetery
(Original Caption) Jews of Petrograd hold a demonstration meeting in a cemetery protesting against the use of tombstones for building purposes

Miners Trial
(Original Caption) Scene at opening of miners trial

Detectives with Chained suspects
(Original Caption) West Virginia: More Mine Prisoners arrested. Here is a group of prisoners taken after the pitched battle that raged about the Richmond Mining Co. Plant at Cliftonville, W. Va

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EDITORS COMMENTS

Throughout history, protesters have taken a stand against injustice, fighting for their rights and beliefs. In 1936, unemployed coal miners gathered in Jarrow, England to demonstrate their plight and demand better working conditions. Their unified voices echoed through the streets as they sought justice. In the 1700s, Carolina colonists refused to pay taxes imposed upon them, standing up against unfair policies. Their defiance showcased their determination to protect their freedoms and resist oppressive measures. During World War I, American suffragists like playwright Mercedes de Acosta and her sister bravely protested for women's right to vote. They understood that gender should not hinder one's ability to participate in democracy and fought tirelessly for equality. Centuries earlier, Lady Godiva emerged as an iconic protester in the 11th century. As an Anglo-Saxon gentlewoman and patron of the arts, she fearlessly rode nude on a horse through Coventry to protest excessive taxation imposed by her husband Leofric. Her bold act symbolized resistance against unjust practices. In Monroe, North Carolina in August 1961, integration protests erupted as individuals demanded equal rights for all races. The photograph captured during this tumultuous time serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggle for racial equality. The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 saw mobs wreak havoc on First Avenue while sacking Brooks Brothers clothing store. This violent uprising reflected deep-seated frustrations with conscription during the Civil War. The Haymarket Square mass meeting held in Chicago on May 4th, 1886 was marked by both English and German handbills calling people together. This gathering became infamous due to its tragic turn when violence broke out between police officers and protesters advocating for workers' rights. Religious tensions flared up during Belfast riots in Ulster back in August 1872 when Orangemen attacked a Catholic procession. These clashes highlighted sectarian divisions within society that persisted throughout history.