As long as there has been injustice, there has been resistance. Resistance has taken the form of civil disobedience and sit-ins, cultural resistance via art, music, theater and literature, taking to the streets, and boycotts. These strategies have been used throughout the centuries and across continents.

In the 1960s, Ella Baker organized a sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina, to challenge segregation in restaurants. Two months later the Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a grassroots movement, was born and resulted in Black-led student organizing, voter registration, and marches against police brutality across the South. SNCC continues to be studied today for its grassroots and collective power.

While the inflection points of different movements vary, the goal is always to transform power. In 2013, Alicia Garza posted “A Love Letter to Black People” [...]