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Title: Black Protests in the United States, 1994 to 2010
Using novel data, we provide the first panoramic view of U.S. Black movement protest events as reported in U.S. newswires between 1994 and 2010 and put our quantitative data into dialogue with qualitative accounts. Struggles during these years presaged the Black Lives protest waves of 2014 to 2016 and 2020. Protests increased after the 1995 Million Man March into 2001 but dropped abruptly after the 9/11 attacks. Collective action increased again at the end of the 2000s. Protests in response to police violence and other criminal-legal issues were major arenas of struggle and news coverage. Also common were issues of national identity including celebrations of Black history and Black solidarity, protests about Confederate symbols, and protests about White hate groups and hate crimes. Although Black people protested about a wide variety of issues, newswires focused disproportionately on incidents of police violence and perceived threats of Black violence. There is substantial continuity in issues, organizations, and activism between this earlier period and the Black Lives Movement of 2014 to 2020.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1918342 1423784 2214160
PAR ID:
10346396
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Sociological Science
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Sociological Science
Volume:
9
ISSN:
2330-6696
Page Range / eLocation ID:
275 to 312
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Black movements African American movement protest event analysis news media coverage of protest protests about police violence
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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