Civic Life Today // Voice // Points of Light

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CIVIC LIFE TODAY // VOICE // POINTS OF LIGHT

A Global Snapshot of Protests & Demonstrations

1930

The Salt March

1976

In protest of the high tax on salt by the British Government, Gandhi and his supporters marched 241 miles across Western India to the sea in order to make their own salt.

Take Back The Night

Tiananmen Square A series of peaceful protests calling for democratic reform in China that were ultimately suppressed by the violent intervention of the country’s military

Famous for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the march called for legislation to address prejudices against African Americans

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Alexanderplatz The largest demonstration in East Germany’s history that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall only days later

Demonstrations that have raised awareness about sexual violence and violence against women

March on Washington

1963

1989

1989

1990


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