Into the Streets

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

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Pub Date Jul 07 2020 | Archive Date Aug 12 2020

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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 Native American nations, LGBTQ demands for equality, Tea Party protests, Black Lives Matter protests, and more.

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.

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...


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Advance Praise

"[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

"[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...


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ISBN 9781541579040
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 168

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Featured Reviews

This test is a quick overview of pre-colonial protests until contemporary times. Naturally, it covers well-known protests such as the March on Washington and the Boston Tea Party, but it also includes lesser-known ones such as the Battle of Athens and the Miss America Protests. Should readers worry that it has a leftist slant, please note that it includes protests in support of hate groups as well. The most recent protest receiving the full treatment is the March for Our Lives, but the author alludes to the Hong Kong protests in the introduction.

Each chapter is brief and has accompanying artwork. I envision recommending this text to be used in segments in literature survey courses or American history classes. The title indicates that it is a visual history, which I found a bit misleading. While each protest has accompanying artwork, it may have a few images associated with the time period or photos, but the images lack much of an explanation. The captions are extremely brief and cursory for "A Visual History."

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Great images, important history, and a powerful message. This is the kind of book I wish had been around when I was a teenager.

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