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13 Peaceful Protests and Whether They Worked
1. Cherokee Indian Resistance to Forced Relocation (1838)
2. Gandhi’s Salt March (1930)
3. The White Rose Resistance (1942–1943)
4. The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956)
5. The Kent State Demonstrations (1970)
6. The Tree Sitters of Pureora (1978)
7. Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)
8. The Lust Lady Strike of San Francisco (1997)
9. The Singing Revolution (1986-1991)
10. Demonstration against Invading Iraq (2003)
11. The “Lactivists” at Applebee’s (2007)
12. The Wisconsin Teachers Strike (2011)
13. The Nuts of Jericho (2007)

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13 Peaceful Protests and Whether They Worked
BY Oliver Noble
October 20, 2011
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The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations have been going on for over a month. From one side, we hear that the occupiers are a bunch of naive kids who need to change out of their hemp ponchos and take a shower if they want to be taken seriously. Others say the demonstrators are using the only means at their disposal to voice their frustrations and effect change. To bring perspective to the debate, we've looked through the past 200 years of peaceful protests, from tragic to triumphant to just plain weird. 1. Cherokee Indian Resistance to Forced Relocation (1838)
Objective: Avoid having their land seized by the United States government
Method of Protest: Cherokees stood their ground, and made no preparations to move. Results: U.S. troops destroyed the homes and property of the resisting Cherokees, forcing them to move west on a journey that would leave approximately 4,000 dead from disease and starvation.