Donald Trump's election and recent wave of executive orders have inspired protests nationwide.
The day after the president's inauguration, the Women's March on Washington swelled to a half million people. Rallies related to immigration, LGBT rights, and other issues have continued to pop up in cities around the country, with more planned in the coming months. On April 22, hundreds of thousands are expected to join the Scientists' March on Washington, while more are expected to protest at the People's Climate March a week later.
Activists are also participating in other forms of political action. Over 13,000 women are planning to run for office in 2018, New York magazine recently reported. Donors have given millions of dollars to nonprofits like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, and consumers are boycotting retailers that do business with Trump's family.
The recent wave of action is only the latest in a long history of American activism. Here are 17 photos that chronicle some of that legacy.
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In 1917, ten suffragists, who called themselves the “silent sentinels,” were arrested when they picketed outside the White House. The women's suffrage movement is considered one of the first modern activist movements.
The labor movement, which was also grew in the 19th century, fought for safe working conditions and increased pay and benefits for laborers.
The civil rights movement, which began in 1954, aimed to end racial inequality, segregation, and discrimination.
At the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which drew approximately 250,000 people, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
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