33 Random Bits of Trivia About Protests, Riots, Activism and Overall Stick-It-to-the-Man Type Behavior

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33 Random Bits of Trivia About Protests, Riots, Activism and Overall Stick-It-to-the-Man Type Behavior

Well, if random facts about protests on Cracked.com doesn’t get you riled up to get out there and make a difference, then we don’t know what will. We’re pretty sure that reading one of our lists was the catalyst for these spirited individuals to stand up for what they believed in. 

Sure, many of these incidents occurred decades before the site’s existence, but let’s not get caught up with semantics when there’s change to be made. Plus, we just want to feel involved, okay?

1933 Anti-Nazi Boycott

CRACKED.COM 1933 Anti-Nazi Boycott CO. Only months after Hitler was appointed Chancellor, American Jewish people organized an anti-Nazi rally. Over 55,000 people flooded Madison Square Garden, calling for an end to the brutal treatment of Jewish Germans.

Freeman Field Mutiny

CRACKED.COM 1945 Freeman Field Mutiny Black officers in the segregated Air Force planned a display of civil resistance, with small groups entering into the white-only club areas. This resulted in 101 men being arrested. RESULTS: New regulations banned racial segregation on U.S. Air Force bases.

Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

CRACKED.COM 1966 Compton's Cafeteria Riot GENE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT 1966 HERE MARKS THE SITE OF GENE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA WHERE A RIOT OOK PLACE ONE AUGUST NIGHT WHEN TRANSGENDER WOMEN AND GAY MEN DOD UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND FOUG Before the Stonewall Riots, a trans woman in San Francisco refused to be arrested (most likely for female impersonation) by throwing a coffee in a cop's face, while in a popular hang-out for trans women and drag queens. This caused a street fight to start between the community and police. The woman's name and even the date of the event is

Yu Gwan-sun

In 1919, at the age of 16, Yu Gwan-sun fought for Korean independence, protesting Japanese colonial rule. She was sent to prison, where she organized a large-scale protest a year later. She kept fighting for independence despite torture which eventually led to her death. EXP She's been called 4111 the Korean Joan of Arc. CRACKED.COM

Huda Sha’arawi

Huda Sha'arawi was a pioneer in feminist activism. She was the first Egyptian woman to found a philanthropic society, opened a school for girls, organized lectures, and founded the Egyptian Feminist Union, which still operates today. She began a movement to end the requirement that women wear veils by removing hers in public in Cairo. CRACKED.COM

Khatoon Khider

Khatoon Khider was an Iraqi Yazidi singer, which earned her local fame and success. But after ISIS appeared in her region, she formed an all-female unit called the Daughters of the Sun, which recruited almost 200 fighters and made major contributions on the front lines. CRACKED COM

Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’

BAND AID'S DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? WAS PREACHY AND OUT OF TOUCH. CRACKED The 1984 Christmas song sung by A-list musicians was meant to fight famine in Ethiopia, but Ethiopia has a majority Christian population who definitely know about Christmas. It also peddled myths that the entire continent lives in sand without rain.

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Iceland’s Equal Rights Strike

On October 24, 1975, 90% of Iceland's female population went on strike, demanding equal rights. CRACKED.COM In 1980, Iceland elected its first female president (Vigdis Finnbogadottir), who credits her win to this specific day.

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

One of the Titanic's survivors was dubbed The Unsinkable Molly Brown. After the Titanic's disaster, she got highly involved in women's and worker's rights, and acquired a reputation. CRACKED.COM

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The Bristol Bus Boycott

In 1963, the Bristol Bus Boycott was held to protest racist hiring practices. IVE COLOUR BAR E BOYCOTT MAN TRE ARIGHT At the time, the bus company in Bristol refused to hire Black drivers - but after an extended boycott, on 28 August 1963, they changed their policy. CRACKED.COM

Source: BBC

Pepsi

Pepsi commercializes Black Lives Matter PEPSI In the 2017 commercial, millionaire Kendall Jenner walks through a crowd of protestors to give a can of soda to a cop, and everyone cheers as systemic inequality is solved!

Robert Sanford

A retired firefighter threw a fire extinguisher at cops during the Capitol riot. A video from the riot showed a guy throwing the fire extinguisher at

Source: CNBC

Beate Sirota Gordon

CRACKED COM Beate Sirota Gordon secretly introduced equal rights and women's civil rights to POST-WWII Japan - and got away with it. As a part of the

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner was a civil rights supporter before it was popular. Playboy gave a platform to many civil rights leaders like Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther

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