Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States

Bieschke, Marke

ISBN 10: 1541579046 / ISBN 13: 9781541579040

Published by Zest Books â„¢, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States
• Publisher: Zest Books â ¢
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1541579046
• ISBN 13: 9781541579040
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

What does it mean to resist?

Throughout our nation's history, discrimination and unjust treatment of all kinds have prompted people to make their objections and outrage known. Some protests involve large groups of people, marching or holding signs with powerful slogans. Others start with quotes or hashtags on social media that go viral and spur changes in behavior. People can make their voices heard in hundreds of different ways.

Join author Marke Bieschke on this visual voyage of resistance through American history. Discover the artwork, music, fashion, and creativity of the activists. Meet the leaders of the movements, and learn about the protests that helped to shape the United States from all sides of the political spectrum. Examples include key events from women's suffrage, the civil rights movement, occupations by Indigenous people, LGBTQ demands for equality, Tea Party protests, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, including the George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020.

Into the Streets introduces the personalities and issues that drove these protests, as well as their varied aims and accomplishments, from spontaneous hashtag uprisings to highly planned strategies of civil disobedience. Perfect for young adult audiences, this book highlights how teens are frequently the ones protesting and creating the art of the resistance.

"[T]he text never loses sight of the fact that the right to assemble and protest is a basic American right. . . . Highly recommended for middle grade through high school collections in both school and public libraries."―starred, School Library Journal

About the Author

Marke Bieschke, aka Marke B., is the publisher of San Francisco daily news and culture site 48hills.org and legendary alternative newspaper the Bay Guardian. As a longtime journalist and writer, he specializes in protest and other cultural movements, LGBTQ and youth issues, and music and nightlife history. He is also part of the Stud Collective, which owns San Francisco's oldest queer nightclub, The Stud. Originally from Detroit, Marke lives in San Francisco's vibrant Lower Haight neighborhood with his husband David.