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Just a few of the hundreds of thousands who attended the 1963 March on Washington.
history

Sold: Papers From the Planning of the 1963 March on Washington

They tell a ground-level story of how peaceful movements led to social change, and how much remains to be done.
Matthew Taub January 10, 2023
Alice Paul's "Jailed for Freedom" and "Silent Sentinel" pins.
design

These Powerful Pins Honored Suffragists Who Were 'Jailed for Freedom'

A century ago, women picketing the White House were beaten and imprisoned for demanding their right to vote.
Reina Gattuso September 14, 2020
Protesters, seen from behind a police officer.
photography

These Protest Photos Document Life in 'Resurrection City'

In 1968, thousands of protesters camped on the National Mall as part of the Poor People's Campaign.
Matthew Taub August 18, 2020
In Bristol, England, members of a Black Lives Matter protest topple a statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader and key figure in the founding of the city, on June 7, 2020.
statues

Keeping Track of Monument Removals Could Be a Full-Time Job

So data scientist Emily Gorcenski created When They Came Down to crowdsource the stories behind the topplings.
Britta Shoot July 22, 2020
Frederick Douglass first challenged the monument's merit more than a century ago.
statues

Found: A Letter From Frederick Douglass, About the Need for Better Monuments

It was discovered "forensically," thanks to Douglass's distinctive usage of an unusual word.
Matthew Taub July 8, 2020
The objects on display.
Mexico City, Mexico

Memorial 68

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.
#CreativesAfterCurfew includes over 40 artists in a decentralized power structure, without a clear leader. But most of their murals have the same theme: fighting racial injustice and systemic racism.
murals

How Street Artists Honor George Floyd and Magnify a Movement

Muralists across the country are painting new visions of Black liberation.
Giulia Heyward June 19, 2020
New Yorkers are hearing the ubiquitous ice cream truck jingle emanating from police cruisers across several boroughs.
police

Why Are NYPD Cruisers Playing the Ice Cream Truck Jingle?

The melody occupies a niche space at the intersection of ice cream, entertainment, and Black history.
Luke Fater June 16, 2020
In June, the fence around Lafayette Square became a gallery. Now curators are working to collect some of the signs when they come down.
museums

How D.C.’s Museums Plan to Preserve the New Era of Protest

The effort to document Black Lives Matter and more—in real time.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 11, 2020
Denmark is unusual in that it has protections against desecrating any flag—except its own.
crime

Around the World in Things You Can't Do to Flags

You might be able to tell where you are by what happens if you set one ablaze.
Dan Nosowitz May 25, 2020
Memorial to Emily Wilding Davison.
Epsom, England

Emily Wilding Davison Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to the legendary suffragette, who stepped in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby.
A statue of Francisco de Paula Santander, a gift from Colombia to Chile in Valparaíso.
statues

How Chilean Protesters Painted a New Story Atop Old National Monuments

Photographer Camilo Vergara has documented color, graffiti, and anger.
Winnie Lee March 19, 2020
The unfinished Beirut City Center Complex, known locally as the Egg, in December 2019.
abandoned

How an Abandoned Modernist Cinema Became a Revolutionary Symbol in Lebanon

The Beirut Egg is riddled with bullet holes and covered in graffiti. Protesters recently reclaimed it.
Justin Higginbottom February 26, 2020
Rome, Italy

The Flying Donkey

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.
San Bernardino, California

Mitla Cafe

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.
Seating on the tail.
Nashville, Tennessee

Dragon Park

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.
The mailbox.
Edinburgh, Scotland

GVIR Post Box

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.
If you look closely, the Baths of Caracalla look a bit like the Golden Arches.
ancient

The Roman Baths of Caracalla Will Not Be Getting a McDonald's After All

The relationship between Rome's cultural heritage sites and the burger chain is long and contentious.
Matthew Taub August 2, 2019