posted January 19, 2017 #
The New York Public Library has a
deep repository of scanned photographs. Take a deep dive into a search for
Protest and you can see hundreds of images documenting civil opposition to the likes of the Vietnam War, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, the Board of Education, etc. etc. The list of ideas, decisions and people that have been openly opposed by American Citizens is long to say the very least.
With January 21st's
Women's March on Washington just around the corner it's important to remember
why people gather and protest. It isn't because they are "lousy losers" or need to "get over it" but because we live within a system where getting your voice heard requires it.
