Youth Activism in America
An Encyclopedia of Ideals in Action
Youth Activism in America
An Encyclopedia of Ideals in Action
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Explore the past, present, and future of political activism and engagement of American youth in this illuminating encyclopedia. In addition to exploring and explaining the beliefs, actions, and lives of key individuals, groups, and movements, Youth Activism in America also considers the impact of young activists on dialogue and debates surrounding such important and controversial issues as climate change, voting rights, gun policy, women's rights, education, LGBTQ+ rights, human rights, and US foreign policy.
Encyclopedia entries range across major political organizations (including groups explicitly organized to empower and mobilize youth), leading youth activists, important media resources and platforms for youth organizations, landmark events, pertinent legal issues and considerations, and specific issues of particular interest to younger generations of Americans. This in-depth coverage is further supplemented with introductory essays that survey different facets of youth activism in the USA.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introductory Essays
Youth Activism in US History
Youth Activism in the Present and Future
Youth Activism in the Social Media Age
Recruitment, Strategies, and Tactics of Youth Activists
Youth Voting as Youth Activism
The Struggle for the Ballot Box: Youth Activism and Youth Voting
A–Z Entries
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
Alliance for Youth Organizing
American Student Union
American Youth Congress
American Youth for Democracy
Anvil
Asian American Youth Council
Atlanta Student Movement
Baker, Ella Josephine (1903–1986)
Barnett, Gathie (1931–2012) and Marie (1933–)
Best, Dane
Bevel, James (1936–2008)
Black Lives Matter
Black Panther Party
Black Student Leadership Network
Black Students Lead: A National Conference for College Leaders
Bond, Julian (1940–2015)
Bra Burning Protest
Brethren Volunteer Service
Bridges, Ruby Nell (1954-)
Browder, Kalief (1993-2015)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Campus Pride
Campus Takeover
Campus Vote Project
Carson v. Makin (2022)
Center for Artistic Activism
Chicago Public Schools Boycott
Children's March
Columbia Queer Alliance
Columbia University Protests
Copeny, Mari (2007-)
Deaf President Now
Declaration of the Rights of American Youth
Deeds Not Words
Dias, Marley (2005-)
Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth (1842-1932)
Dickinson College Protests
Digital Media and Activism
DREAMers Movement
Earth Guardians
East Los Angeles Walkouts
Eder, Katie (1999–)
18 in '08
Empowerment Theory
Fisk University Protests
Free Speech Movement
Freedom Riders
Freedom Schools
Freedom Summer
Frost, Gabby (1997-)
Future Coalition
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
Gender and Activism
Generations
Gobitas, Lillian (1923-2014) and William (1925-1989)
Great American Boycott
Green Feather Movement
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In
GSA Network
Happy Hippie Foundation
Hartsough, David (1940-2025)
Hayden, Tom (1939-2016)
Held et al. v. Montana (2023)
Help America Vote Act
Hendricks, Audrey Faye (1953-2009)
Hu, Stephanie
It's On Us Campaign
Jennings, Doris Raye (1934-2024) and Doris Faye (1934-2021)
Johns, Barbara Rose (1935-1991)
Jones, Justin (1995-)
Juliana v. United States
Juvenile Antislavery Societies
Kent State Shootings
Lee, Mabel Ping-Hua (1896-1966)
Lemlich, Clara (1886-1982)
Letters to Strangers
Lewis, John (1940-2020)
Little Rock Nine
Lowell Mill Girls
Lowinger, Nicholas (1998-)
March for Our Lives
March of the Mill Children
McCollum v. Board of Education (1948)
Mendez, Sylvia (1936-)
Meredith, James (1933-)
#MeToo Movement
Mora, Sara
Mota, Ashton (2004-)
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
Nash, Diane (1938-)
Nashville Student Movement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Indian Youth Council
National Student Strike of 1970
National Youth Administration
National Youth Forum on Homelessness
National Youth Rights Association
Nell, William Cooper (1816-1874)
Nestor, Agnes (1880-1948)
Never Again MSD
New York City School Boycott
New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Strike of 1909
Newsboys' Strike of 1899
#NoDAPL Movement
On Earth Peace
One Mind Youth Movement
One More Generation
Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)
Our Children's Trust
Participatory Democracy
Political Engagement
Political Identity Development
Port Huron Statement
Positive Youth Development
Power Shift Network
Project I Am
Race to Kindness
Red Power Movement
Remond, Sarah Parker (1826-1894)
Rock the Vote
Rustin, Bayard T. (1912-1987)
Savio, Mario (1942-1996)
School Girls Unite
School Participatory Budgeting
School Strike for Climate
Scott, Alexandra (1996-2004)
Secular Student Alliance
Shapiro, Zev Dickstein (2002-)
Sharpton, Al (1954-)
Shepard, Matthew (1976-1998)
Sierra Student Coalition
Slacktivism
Smith, Samantha (1972-1985)
Socialist Student Union
Somoza, Anastasia (1983-)
Southern Negro Youth Congress
STAND
Standing Rock Youth
Student League for Industrial Democracy
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Students Against Destructive Decisions
Students for a Democratic Society
Sunrise Movement
Switzer, Kathrine (1947-)
Take Back the Night
Team ENOUGH
Teen Vogue
Teens4Good
Thunberg, Greta (2003-)
Till, Emmett (1941-1955)
Tinker, Mary Beth (1952-)
Trans Student Educational Resources
TransKids Purple Rainbow
Trevor Project
Turning Point USA
26th Amendment
UCLA Antiestablishment Protests
United States Student Association
United Students Against Sweatshops
United We Dream
University Uprisings of 1968
Weather Underground
Wells, Ida B. (1862-1931)
Wicked Problems
Williams, Joshua (2001-)
Young Americans for Freedom
Young America's Foundation
Young Communist League USA
Young Democratic Socialists of America
Young Democrats of America
Young Lords
Young People's Socialist League
Young Republican National Federation
Young Socialist Alliance
Yousafzai, Malala (1997-)
Youth Activism Project
Youth Advocates for Change
Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project
Youth Igniting Change
Youth International Party
Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's
Youth Voting Rights Act
YR Media
Zero Hour
Zwerg, James (1939-)
Resources for Young Activists
About the Contributors
Index
Introductory Essays
Youth Activism in US History
Youth Activism in the Present and Future
Youth Activism in the Social Media Age
Recruitment, Strategies, and Tactics of Youth Activists
Youth Voting as Youth Activism
The Struggle for the Ballot Box: Youth Activism and Youth Voting
A–Z Entries
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge
Alliance for Youth Organizing
American Student Union
American Youth Congress
American Youth for Democracy
Anvil
Asian American Youth Council
Atlanta Student Movement
Baker, Ella Josephine (1903–1986)
Barnett, Gathie (1931–2012) and Marie (1933–)
Best, Dane
Bevel, James (1936–2008)
Black Lives Matter
Black Panther Party
Black Student Leadership Network
Black Students Lead: A National Conference for College Leaders
Bond, Julian (1940–2015)
Bra Burning Protest
Brethren Volunteer Service
Bridges, Ruby Nell (1954-)
Browder, Kalief (1993-2015)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Campus Pride
Campus Takeover
Campus Vote Project
Carson v. Makin (2022)
Center for Artistic Activism
Chicago Public Schools Boycott
Children's March
Columbia Queer Alliance
Columbia University Protests
Copeny, Mari (2007-)
Deaf President Now
Declaration of the Rights of American Youth
Deeds Not Words
Dias, Marley (2005-)
Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth (1842-1932)
Dickinson College Protests
Digital Media and Activism
DREAMers Movement
Earth Guardians
East Los Angeles Walkouts
Eder, Katie (1999–)
18 in '08
Empowerment Theory
Fisk University Protests
Free Speech Movement
Freedom Riders
Freedom Schools
Freedom Summer
Frost, Gabby (1997-)
Future Coalition
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
Gender and Activism
Generations
Gobitas, Lillian (1923-2014) and William (1925-1989)
Great American Boycott
Green Feather Movement
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In
GSA Network
Happy Hippie Foundation
Hartsough, David (1940-2025)
Hayden, Tom (1939-2016)
Held et al. v. Montana (2023)
Help America Vote Act
Hendricks, Audrey Faye (1953-2009)
Hu, Stephanie
It's On Us Campaign
Jennings, Doris Raye (1934-2024) and Doris Faye (1934-2021)
Johns, Barbara Rose (1935-1991)
Jones, Justin (1995-)
Juliana v. United States
Juvenile Antislavery Societies
Kent State Shootings
Lee, Mabel Ping-Hua (1896-1966)
Lemlich, Clara (1886-1982)
Letters to Strangers
Lewis, John (1940-2020)
Little Rock Nine
Lowell Mill Girls
Lowinger, Nicholas (1998-)
March for Our Lives
March of the Mill Children
McCollum v. Board of Education (1948)
Mendez, Sylvia (1936-)
Meredith, James (1933-)
#MeToo Movement
Mora, Sara
Mota, Ashton (2004-)
Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
Nash, Diane (1938-)
Nashville Student Movement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Indian Youth Council
National Student Strike of 1970
National Youth Administration
National Youth Forum on Homelessness
National Youth Rights Association
Nell, William Cooper (1816-1874)
Nestor, Agnes (1880-1948)
Never Again MSD
New York City School Boycott
New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Strike of 1909
Newsboys' Strike of 1899
#NoDAPL Movement
On Earth Peace
One Mind Youth Movement
One More Generation
Oregon v. Mitchell (1970)
Our Children's Trust
Participatory Democracy
Political Engagement
Political Identity Development
Port Huron Statement
Positive Youth Development
Power Shift Network
Project I Am
Race to Kindness
Red Power Movement
Remond, Sarah Parker (1826-1894)
Rock the Vote
Rustin, Bayard T. (1912-1987)
Savio, Mario (1942-1996)
School Girls Unite
School Participatory Budgeting
School Strike for Climate
Scott, Alexandra (1996-2004)
Secular Student Alliance
Shapiro, Zev Dickstein (2002-)
Sharpton, Al (1954-)
Shepard, Matthew (1976-1998)
Sierra Student Coalition
Slacktivism
Smith, Samantha (1972-1985)
Socialist Student Union
Somoza, Anastasia (1983-)
Southern Negro Youth Congress
STAND
Standing Rock Youth
Student League for Industrial Democracy
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Students Against Destructive Decisions
Students for a Democratic Society
Sunrise Movement
Switzer, Kathrine (1947-)
Take Back the Night
Team ENOUGH
Teen Vogue
Teens4Good
Thunberg, Greta (2003-)
Till, Emmett (1941-1955)
Tinker, Mary Beth (1952-)
Trans Student Educational Resources
TransKids Purple Rainbow
Trevor Project
Turning Point USA
26th Amendment
UCLA Antiestablishment Protests
United States Student Association
United Students Against Sweatshops
United We Dream
University Uprisings of 1968
Weather Underground
Wells, Ida B. (1862-1931)
Wicked Problems
Williams, Joshua (2001-)
Young Americans for Freedom
Young America's Foundation
Young Communist League USA
Young Democratic Socialists of America
Young Democrats of America
Young Lords
Young People's Socialist League
Young Republican National Federation
Young Socialist Alliance
Yousafzai, Malala (1997-)
Youth Activism Project
Youth Advocates for Change
Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project
Youth Igniting Change
Youth International Party
Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's
Youth Voting Rights Act
YR Media
Zero Hour
Zwerg, James (1939-)
Resources for Young Activists
About the Contributors
Index
Product details
| Published | 11 Jun 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 368 |
| ISBN | 9781440880810 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 25 bw |
| Dimensions | 254 x 178 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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