ABSTRACT
Throughout American history, people with strong beliefs that ran counter to society's rules and laws have used civil disobedience to advance their causes. From the Boston Tea Party in 1773, to the Pullman Strike in 1894, to the draft card burnings and sit-ins of more recent times, civil disobedience has been a powerful force for effecting change in American society.This comprehensive A-Z encyclopedia provides a wealth of information on people, places, actions, and events that defied the law to focus attention on an issue or cause. It covers the causes and actions of activists across the political spectrum from colonial times to the present, and includes political, social economic, environmental, and a myriad of other issues."Civil Disobedience" ties into all aspects of the American history curriculum, and is a rich source of material for essays and debates on critical issues and events that continue to influence our nation's laws and values. It explores the philosophies, themes, concepts, and practices of activist groups and individuals, as well as the legislation they influenced. It includes a detailed chronology of civil disobedience, listings of acts of conscience and civil disobedience by act and by location, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and a comprehensive index complete the set.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |340 pages
A-Z Entries
letter |21 pages
A
entry |4 pages
Abolitionism
entry |4 pages
Abortion
entry |4 pages
Act-Up
entry |2 pages
Alianza Movement
entry |9 pages
American Indian Movement
entry |2 pages
Animal Liberation Front
entry |2 pages
Apartheid
letter |35 pages
B
entry |2 pages
Baez, Joan (1941– )
entry |4 pages
Baptists
entry |1 pages
Bay of Pigs invasion
entry |4 pages
Berrigan brothers
entry |7 pages
Birth control
entry |3 pages
Black militias
entry |4 pages
Bonus March
entry |2 pages
Booth War
entry |3 pages
bootleg AIDS drugs
entry |8 pages
Boston Tea Party
entry |2 pages
Braden, Anne (1924—2006), and Carl Braden (1914-1975)
entry |4 pages
Brown, John (1800-1859)
entry |2 pages
Busing, school
letter |33 pages
C
entry |2 pages
Celia (1836-1855)
entry |2 pages
Chávez, César (1927-1993)
entry |3 pages
Chicago Seven
entry |3 pages
Christiana Riot
entry |6 pages
Civil disobedience
entry |2 pages
Cleburne County Draft War
entry |3 pages
Coffin, Levi (1798–1877)
entry |2 pages
Coffin, William Sloan, Jr. (1924–2006)
entry |16 pages
Conscientious objectors
entry |1 pages
Cortina War
entry |3 pages
Coxey's Army
letter |9 pages
D
entry |2 pages
Davis, Angela (1944– )
entry |3 pages
Day, Dorothy (1897–1980)
entry |2 pages
Death penalty
entry |2 pages
Doy, John W. (?–1861)
entry |2 pages
Draft card burning
entry |3 pages
Drayton, Daniel (1802–1857)
entry |1 pages
Dyer, Mary
letter |9 pages
E
entry |2 pages
Earth First!
entry |6 pages
Educating slaves
entry |3 pages
Euthanasia
letter |24 pages
F
entry |2 pages
Fairbank, Calvin (1816–1898), and Delia Ann Webster (1817–1904)
entry |3 pages
Farmer, James (1920–1999)
entry |2 pages
Female genital mutilation
entry |7 pages
First Amendment rights
entry |3 pages
Fish-ins
entry |2 pages
Flag burning
entry |2 pages
Flag saluting
entry |3 pages
Fonda, Jane (1937– )
entry |3 pages
Food riots
entry |3 pages
Freedom Rides
entry |3 pages
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
letter |18 pages
G
entry |2 pages
Garner, Margaret (1834–1858)
entry |4 pages
Garrison, William Lloyd (1805–1879)
entry |2 pages
Gaspee, burning of
entry |3 pages
Gay and lesbian rights
entry |2 pages
Genocide protest
entry |2 pages
Ginsberg, Allen (1926–1997)
entry |3 pages
Goldman, Emma (1869–1940)
entry |3 pages
Great Starvation Experiment
entry |1 pages
Green Corn Rebellion
entry |3 pages
Greenpeace
entry |3 pages
Guantánamo
letter |7 pages
H
entry |2 pages
Haymarket Riot
entry |5 pages
House Committee on Un-American Activities
entry |2 pages
Hutchinson, Anne (1591–1643), and Mary Dyer (ca. 1610–1660)
letter |5 pages
I
entry |3 pages
Industrial Workers of the World
entry |3 pages
Iraq War
letter |12 pages
J
entry |2 pages
Japanese internment
entry |3 pages
Jayhawkers
entry |2 pages
Jerry Rescue
entry |5 pages
Jones, Mother (1830–1930)
entry |3 pages
Journey of Reconciliation
letter |10 pages
K
entry |4 pages
Kaho‘Olawe, Hawaii
entry |5 pages
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968)
entry |3 pages
Ku Klux Klan
letter |7 pages
L
entry |5 pages
Labor strikes
entry |2 pages
Lay, Benjamin (ca. 1677–ca. 1759)
entry |2 pages
Liberty Boys
letter |8 pages
M
entry |2 pages
Marijuana
entry |2 pages
Maule, Thomas (1645–1724)
entry |3 pages
Mennonites
entry |3 pages
Minkins, Fredric “Shadrach” (ca. 1814–1875)
entry |2 pages
Minutemen
letter |3 pages
N
entry |3 pages
Nuclear protest
letter |7 pages
O
entry |3 pages
Oberlin-Wellington Rescue
entry |4 pages
Obscenity and pornography
entry |2 pages
O'Hare, Kate Richards (1877–1948)
letter |17 pages
P
entry |2 pages
Parks, Rosa (1913–2005)
entry |4 pages
Peace movement
entry |3 pages
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
entry |2 pages
Peyote
entry |5 pages
Polygamy
entry |4 pages
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908–1972)
entry |3 pages
Pullman Strike of 1894
letter |18 pages
Q
entry |18 pages
Quakers
letter |9 pages
R
entry |2 pages
Randolph, A. Philip (1889–1979)
entry |3 pages
Regulators
entry |2 pages
Richardson, Gloria (1922– )
entry |3 pages
Rogerenes
entry |2 pages
Rotc
entry |2 pages
Rustin, Bayard (1912–1987)
letter |40 pages
S
entry |2 pages
Sacco and Vanzetti case
entry |3 pages
Sanctuary Movement
entry |4 pages
School of the Americas Watch
entry |2 pages
Scopes trial
entry |3 pages
Shakers
entry |2 pages
Shays's Rebellion
entry |3 pages
Sheehan, Cindy (1957– )
entry |3 pages
Sheen, Martin (1940– )
entry |2 pages
Sims, Thomas M. (1834–?)
entry |3 pages
Sit-down strikes
entry |5 pages
Sit-ins
entry |15 pages
Sons of Liberty
entry |2 pages
Standing Bear (ca. 1829–1908)
entry |2 pages
Stanley, Rick (1954– )
entry |3 pages
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
letter |10 pages
T
entry |3 pages
Tax resistance
entry |3 pages
Temperance
entry |4 pages
Thoreau, Henry David (1817–1862)
entry |3 pages
Tubman, Harriet (ca. 1820–1913)
letter |10 pages
U
entry |10 pages
Underground Railroad
letter |10 pages
V
entry |1 pages
Vaughan, Hester (1848–?)
entry |5 pages
Vieques, Puerto Rico
entry |5 pages
Vietnam War
entry |2 pages
Voter registration
letter |16 pages
W
entry |2 pages
Whiskey Rebellion
entry |2 pages
Wilkins, Roy (1901–1981)
entry |6 pages
Winchester exiles
entry |7 pages
Woman suffrage
entry |3 pages
Woolman, John (1720–1772)
letter |106 pages
Acts of Conscience and Civil Disobedience
letter |122 pages
Acts of Conscience and Civil Disobedience, by Location
letter |42 pages
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