Action Now #15

Yentl fans protest Barbra Streisand's exclusion from the Best Director category.

Action Now #14

Abe Polonsky, blacklisted director and screenwriter, joins in the protest at the 71st Academy Awards, March 21, 1999, over Elia Kazan receiving an Honorary Oscar for his career output.

Action Now #13

Protesters for C.O.R.E, the Congress of Racial Equality are forcibly removed from the Federal Building in Los Angeles, CA

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"Two CORE demonstrators are dragged away from the Federal Building on March 9, 1965. About 20 sit-ins were dragged from the lobby by the hands and feet as they sang, "We shall not be moved." Ejected by deputy United States marshals, some of the demonstrators smeared doors and windows with sandwiches. The marshals also cleared the sixth floor of the building."

Action Now #12

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Los Angeles -- Protestors carrying signs take a break in front of the Federal Building. (1965)

Action, Now! #11

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Three young ladies picket in front of a huge cutout of blonde Marilyn Monroe at the Grauman's Chinese Theater where "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is showing. Pickets, left to right: Avis Kimball, Lillian Pacino and Evelyn Bernard.

Action, Now! #10

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Washington -- Alice Paul makes a toast to Tennessee's ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. The banner beside her was displayed outside the National Women's Suffrage Party's Washington, DC, headquarters showing the stars of the states which had ratified the amendment. Since the 18th amendment, Prohibition, had previously been passed, the toast was with grape juice (1920)

Action, Now! #9

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New York -- Part of the large crowd which participated in the protest demonstration in front of 7 St. Marks Place on the East Side where the landlord is seeking to oust the John Winters family, the only Negro family in the building, is shown here. David Zwerdling, the American Labor Party candidate for Assembly in the 4th A.D., Manhattan, is holding a banner bearing the legend: "We Want No Ghettoes in New York." Another sign declares, "We Demand Equal Rights for Negro Tenants." In front of Mr. Zwerdling is Miss Jean Brand, the organizer of the East Side Tenants Union, which is vigorously fighting Jim-Crowing in lower Manhattan. (1938)

Action, Now! #8

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Women's Equality March in New York

New York -- A demonstrator holds a sign in Times Square as the location for a statue of feminist and civil rights leader Susan B. Anthony on August 26, 1970. The day marked the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment which granted American women full suffrage. (1970)

Action, Now! #7

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Gary -- Comedian Dick Gregory is among sign-carrying pickets in front of School Service Center here, during a school boycott called to protest alleged de facto segregation in public schools. Thousands of Negro children attended so-called 'Freedom Schools' instead of attending regular classes in Gary, Indiana's public schools. (1964)

Action, Now! #6

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Washington -- These members of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Anti-Communist League are shown as they called at the Capitol yesterday to present to Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin a petition calling for the removal of Dean Acheson as Secretary of State. The petition which they said was a block long, contained thousands of signatures. Left to right are: Mrs. Elna M. Smith, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Mrs. Margaret H. Worbell, Ironton, Ohio; Mrs. Edward N. Dingley, Boston, Massachusetts; and Mrs. Renata S. Legant, St. Louis, Missouri. (1950)

Action, Now! #5

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Joining Protest

Los Angeles -- Actor Steve Allen talks to newsmen in front of an Encino market where he joined pickets in support of the strike against grape growers. (1965)

Action, Now! #4

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San Francisco -- Police drag demonstrator to the paddy wagon, after breaking up demonstrations staged by more than 500 persons outside the Fairmont Hotel, in protest against Secretary of State Dean Rusk who was to speak inside. The demonstrators became unruly, and started throwing containers of a blood-like fluid, then bottles, resulting in the need for some 100 police officers who moved in and dispersed the crowd. (1968)

Action, Now! #3

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Flushing -- Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People picket under the marquee of the Republic Movie Theatre against race discrimination featured in the movie 'The Birth of a Nation'. They carry signs asking for a ban on hate films. (1947)

Action, Now! #2

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Placards at Entrance to White House Grounds.

Washington -- Several placards were carried by women, seeking the release of political prisoners at the entrance of the White House grounds recently. The General Amnesty Committee is behind the movement, and presented the President with a petition on July 20 said to have been signed by one million people throughout the United States. (1922)

Action, Now! #1

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New York -- Racial tensions continue at the City College of New York in the weeks following a protest by Black and Puerto Rican students demanding higher enrollment and changes to the curriculum. Graffiti on a campus wall reads 'Free Huey', a reference to Black Panther leader Huey Newton (1969)