“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
“Third, resistance is a tradition of building blocks; a continuum of action that may not have dislodged injustice in its own time, but whose revolutionary founders left behind the framework and tools for a subsequent generation to take up, and ultimately carry out its vision. We can stand back and admire certain laws and protections now—child labor laws, voter enfranchisement for all, an eight-hour work day, clean water, for example—and appreciate the irreversible process of resistance that not only guaranteed their formation, but fought off the innumerable attacks that once kept them from rising.” Social JusticeResistanceCivil RightsProtestAmerican HistoryJeff Biggers Book:Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition Source: Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition