Protest Essays and Research Papers

On Sunday, September 24th, 2017, an estimated 130 NFL players were either kneeling, sitting or raising a fist during the pre-game singing of the National Anthem. They were following Colin Kaepernick who, in the 2016 NFL preseason, began to sit during the anthem. He later evolved his protest into kneeling during the anthem. Kaepernick said…

Simply turning on the television on a normal Sunday afternoon, during football season, has changed in recent years. People across the United States are tuning into the game before it even starts. They want to see the actions of individual players or whole teams themselves during the playing of the National Anthem. A whole sideshow…

On November 22, 2018, in the Hoover Galleria, in Hoover, Alabama, E. J. was killed by the Hoover Police. Later on, police announced that it was a mistake and that the actual suspect was arrested in Georgia. His name is Erron martez dequan Brown. There were two more injured people one was 18 years old…

A stadium full of fans anticipating the San Francisco 49ers vs. the San Diego Chargers game stand with hands placed over their hearts as they listen to the national anthem. Down on the field, the 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is kneeling which sparks the flames of controversy around the country. Kaepernick’s reasons behind this action…

Have you ever heard the expression, “A closed mouth never gets fed”? Well this statement is supposed to symbolize how if you don’t speak up for what you want, you will never receive it. This statement is true in many aspects of life, whether it be what food you want to go out and eat…

A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social Issue or political one.[1][2] This may be to carry out, resist or undo a social change. It is a type of group action and may involve individuals, organizations or both. As Escobar has…

On November 10th, 2016 a series of peaceful protests took place across Portland which, over the course of a few days, turned into a riot (Ryan “Anti-Trump Protest” 2016). Donald Trump’s election sparked outrage across the United States and caused some individuals to take matters into their own hands (Hernandez 2016). In the days that…

Peaceful protesting can make people extremely impatient. Taking a stance might make a difference. Increased levels of emotional stress may cause an individual to act on it. The first thing I would do is target the core reasoning behind the protest. The incentive is that people do not want to break the law, but instead,…

Iranian women have been taking off their headscarves in public to protest the country’s strict Islamic dress code, which dictates that all women must wear hijabs and modest clothing. The compulsory hijab law was created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, when Ayatollah Khomeini and his followers overthrew the Shah’s secular regime and established Iran as…

What is the most effective way to solve a problem, violent protest or peaceful protest? These two ways of fighting have been used as a way of getting rid of a problem throughout the years, and we still haven’t made up our mind on which is the most effective. Some might take the M.L.K approach…