“Overlooked in this ominous depiction might be our country’s best- kept secret: in dealing with the most challenging issues of every gener- ation, resistance to duplicitous civil authority and its corporate enablers has defined our quintessential American story.” HistoryRevolutionSocial JusticeResistanceCivil RightsProtestDissentAmerican RevolutionSocial HistoryJeff Biggers Book:Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition Source: Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition
“To remind him, and perhaps myself, that any hope for the future depends on our ability to reclaim the narrative of a long con- tinuum of resistance that has been the foundation of our country and the bulwark against the very forces that have threatened our democracy since its founding.” ResistanceCivil RightsProtestAmerican HistoryDissentAmerican RevolutionJeff Biggers Book:Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition Source: Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition
“Fourth, resistance, as it has unfolded over the centuries, has claimed a “public commons” for “we the people” to have a voice in shaping the de- fining issues in our most trying times—beyond the thirty-nine wealthy white men who signed our Constitution. This means beyond elections.” ConstitutionResistanceProtestDissentAmerican RevolutionJeff Biggers Book:Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition Source: Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition