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2005 – September 24, Anti-War in Iraq protest. 2005 – October 15, Millions More Movement. March to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Million Man March. 2006 – March 6, ProjectMARCH. March for colon cancer screening for all adults; 2007 – January 27, January 27, 2007 anti-war protest. Sponsored by United for Peace and Justice.
The Snow Riot was a riot and lynch mob in Washington, D.C., that began on August 11, 1835, when a mob of angry white mechanics attacked and destroyed Beverly Snow's Epicurean Eating House, [1] [2] [3] a restaurant owned by a black man.
On 23 July, hundreds of Jewish Voice for Peace protestors held a sit-in protest inside the United States Capitol; 400 of these protestors were arrested. [6] [7]On 24 July 2024, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United States and his joint address made in Congress.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police used pepper spray to disperse a protest opposing a congressional visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has drawn anger from anti-war activists.
Columbia University’s anti-Israel protesters have a knack for making any moment about them — even Veterans Day. On Monday afternoon, a gaggle of keffiyeh-clad Ivy Leaguers congregated in the ...
Hundreds of protesters swarmed the Cannon rotunda at the US Capitol in Washington DC on Wednesday to demand an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, with thousands ...
December 8, 1982: Norman Mayer, an anti-nuclear weapons activist and eccentric, drove a white van up to the base of the Washington Monument. Mayer claimed to have 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of explosives in the van, which he said he would use to destroy the monument unless a national dialogue on the threat of nuclear weapons was seriously undertaken.
Protesters took to the streets of Washington, DC, late on August 28, to demonstrate against racial injustice and police brutality following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.Footage shows ...