When Rocket finds out her town's library is closing, she rallies support from her peers, and together they lead a peaceful protest that spreads awareness and raises enough money to save their beloved library.

During 2020, widespread protests rooted in the call-and-response tradition of the Black community gained worldwide attention in the wake of high-profile wrongful deaths of Black people. From the founders to watershed moments, follow the activists and organizers on their journeys and discover the ways that protest has been fundamental to American democracy, eventually making meaningful change.

"A provocative, incisive look at the building of social movements-from the 1600s to the present day-and how current technology is undermining them. We tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fueling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners where a vanguard can whisper among themselves, imagine alternate realities, and deliberate over how...

"Protest has changed our planet--from Roman times to today, ordinary people have stood up for what they believe in and made the world a better place. The global history of protest is brought to life in this engagingly illustrated book, which includes the Boston Tea Party, the Storming of the Bastille, the Abolitionist Movement, the Women's Suffrage Movement, anti-Vietnam War, the Stonewall riots, the Monday Demonstrations, the Arab Spring, Black Lives...

Highlights some of the rallying causes for organized marches throughout history.

In 1968 Czechoslovakia attempted to establish a nominally communist state that protected individual liberties and encouraged free trade. Known as "Prague Spring", the move sparked a full Soviet invasion of the country and a rollback of its reforms. The Soviet invasion spurred worldwide protests and heightened cold war animosities.

During the cold war, Americans feared that communists were trying to infiltrate the United States. At this 1950 "loyalty parade", held to protest a May Day demonstration in New York, citizen groups such as the National League of Masonic Clubs voiced their opposition to Soviet communism, condemning it as an atheistic ideology intent on enslaving the Russian people.

"When a popular football 'playa' and ladies man and the smartest girl in school lead a school protest, sparks fly as their social media-aided revolution grows"-- Provided by publisher.

Ramona is very serious about beach volleyball, and she is frustrated with her summer league team--but when she learns that a plastics company is going to build a factory in their park, she realizes that it will take the whole team to try and save their court.

"RISE UP! encourages young people to engage in peaceful protest and stand up for freedom. Photographs of protest posters from the last one hundred years celebrate the ongoing fight for gender equality, civil rights, LGBT rights, refugee and immigrant rights, peace, and the environment. Includes a chapter on youth protest. Developed in collaboration with Amnesty International"-- Provided by publisher.