These stories of struggle are not all-encompassing. Over the course of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, this page will serve as a live, dynamic history, continuing to grow and expand.
Let’s write the real history of the U.S.!
1776 Independence, but for whom?
1800 Gabriel’s Rebellion, Virginia
1811 German Coast Rebellion
1823 Monroe Doctrine
1830 Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears
1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion
1848 Mexican-American War
1856 Bleeding Kansas
1859 John Brown’s Raid
1861 The Civil War
1865 Decoration Day
1865 Juneteenth
1876 The Battle of the Greasy Grass
1877 The Great Railroad Strike
1886 Haymarket Affair
1890 Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee Massacre
1898 Spanish-American War
1921 The Battle of Blair Mountain
1932 New York City Rent Strike War
1934 Minneapolis, San Francisco General Strikes
1951 “We Charge Genocide” petition presented at the United Nations
1955-1965 Civil Rights Revolution
1965 Watts Rebellion
1971 Attica Prison Uprising
1987 ACT UP
2003 Mass demonstrations against the Iraq War
2020 Rebellion against Racism and Police Terror