Top 10 American protest movements

POSTED: 09:30 AM PDT Oct 18, 2011 UPDATED: 05:37 AM PDT Sep 17, 2012

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Take a look back at the other top protest movements in American history.

Protests - Boston1 — 21 / 21

In December of 1773, protesting American colonists dumped some 46 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor over their lack of representation in the British Parliament, spurring the movement for independence.

Protests - Generic

Protests - Occupy

Protests - Occupy1

Protests - Tea Party

Protests - Tea Party1

Protests - WTO

Protests - WTO1

Protests - Black Power

Protests - Black Power1

Protests - Labor

Protests - Labor1

Protests - Gay Rights

Protests - Gay Rights1

Protests - Antiwar

Protests - Antiwar1

Protests - Suffrage

Protests - Suffrage1

Protests - Civil Rights

Protests - Civil Rights1

Protests - Boston

Protests - Boston1

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