Protester Collection

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

Arrest of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst in Victoria Street, 13th February 1908 (b / w photo)
XJF996613 Arrest of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst in Victoria Street, 13th February 1908 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

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

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

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

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

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

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. The mob sacking Brooks Brothers clothing store during the New York City Draft Riots of 13-16 July 1863. Contemporary American wood engraving

Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her Daughter, Christabel (1880-1958), 1908 (b/w photo)
ILN149596 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her Daughter, Christabel (1880-1958), 1908 (b/w photo); The Illustrated London News Picture Library, London

Suffrage Parade, Alberta Hill, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Suffrage Parade, Alberta Hill, 1913. Shows Alberta Hill on horseback at the Woman Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1913

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La Revolution Russe; Les premieres manifestations sur la place Znamenskaia, a Petrograd... 1917. Creator: Unknown
La Revolution Russe; Les premieres manifestations sur la place Znamenskaia, a Petrograd, devant le monument d'Alexandre III; deja

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

Les Emeutes de juillet 1917 a Petrograd; Un episode de la Guerre de Rues, le 17 juillet, 1917. Creator: Viktor Bulla
Les Emeutes de juillet 1917 a Petrograd; Un episode de la Guerre de Rues, le 17 juillet, 1917. Russian Revolution: the Petrograd Riots of July 1917; an episode of the Street Wars, 17 July

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un groupe d'eleves artilleurs parcourt la ville en cortege... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un groupe d'eleves artilleurs parcourt la ville en cortege, precede d'un panneau portant ces mots: , 1917

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Des soldats patriotes se rendent a la Douma portant un panneau...1917 Creator: Unknown
Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Des soldats patriotes se rendent a la Douma portant un panneau ou ils ont ecrit: , 1917. Upheavals in Russia

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Une contre-manifestation patriotique: des aveugles de guerre... 1917 Creator: Unknown
Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Une contre-manifestation patriotique: des aveugles de guerre, guides par une infiermiere, promenent a travers Petrograd cette inscription: , 1917

Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Le debut des gardes rouges: une manifestation de la des ouvriers qui, apres avoir envahi et pille l'arsenal

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

The Agitation Against Ritualism: Mr. Kensit's Violent Protest in a West End Church, c1900
The Agitation Against Ritualism: Mr. Kensit's Violent Protest in a West End Church, c1898, (c1900)....Mr. John Kensit

Anti-English demonstration in Rotterdam, March 2, 1781, 1781. Creator: Dirk Langendijk
Anti-English demonstration in Rotterdam, March 2, 1781, 1781. Crowds follow sailors carrying Dutch, American and French (?) flags run while a British flag is trampled. Period of Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

The Lambeth Election: the Hustings at Kennington, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Lambeth Election: the Hustings at Kennington, [London], 1857. The nomination took place...at the Triangle, Kennington-park...Mr

Riot at the conviction of Cornelis Halewijn and Herman Jansz. in Antwerp in 1559, (1652-1659). Design for a print

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917

Pauline Floyd, with Banner, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pauline Floyd, with Banner, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pauline Floyd, with Banner, 1917. The time has come to conquer or submit - for us there is but one choice - we have made it" - President [Woodrow] Wilson

Pacifists, 2 Apr 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pacifists, 2 Apr 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pacifists, 2 Apr 1917. Anti-war protesters at the U.S. Capitol rallying against President Wilson's speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war

Pacifists, 2 Apr 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pacifists, 2 Apr 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pacifists, 2 Apr 1917. Anti-war protesters at the U.S. Capitol rallying against President Wilson's speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war

Pacifists, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pacifists, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pacifists, 1917. Women with banner reading: Peace or War - Take a Referendum

Pacifists On Capitol Steps, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Pacifists On Capitol Steps, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pacifists On Capitol Steps, 1917

Pacifist Demonstration On East Steps of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 2 Apr 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Pacifist Demonstration On East Steps of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. 2 Apr 1917. Shows crowd demonstration with peace delegations

Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Riots, 1917

Congressional Union of Woman Suffrage, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Congressional Union of Woman Suffrage, between 1910 and 1920. Woman with banner outside Cameron House in Washington, DC, the offices of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917
Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917. In 1920, women in the United States gained the legal right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment

Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917
Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917. Group of women outside Cameron House in Washington, DC, the offices of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917
Woman suffrage, between 1910 and 1917. In 1920, women in the United States gained the legal right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment

Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918
Woman suffrage, between 1914 and 1918

Woman suffrage, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman suffrage, between 1916 and 1918
Woman suffrage, between 1916 and 1918. In 1920, women in the United States gained the legal right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment

The Crisis in Ireland - The Procession in Royal Avenue on it's way to Ulster Hall, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Crisis in Ireland--The Procession in Royal Avenue on it's way to Ulster Hall, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

U.S. Capitol - Visitors, Etc. Woman Suffrage, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Capitol - Visitors, Etc
U.S. Capitol - Visitors, Etc. Woman Suffrage, 1914. Suffragists demanding the vote, Washington DC

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Carl Browne, Organizer of Coxey's Army, 1894, (1913). Creator: Harris & Ewing
Carl Browne, Organizer of Coxey's Army, 1894, (1913). American cattle rancher, cartoonist, journalist and politician. A leader of the Coxey's Army protest movement of 1894....originator

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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.