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The United States of America has a long and proud tradition of nonviolent refusal to cooperate with social injustice. Consumer boycotts are one type of nonviolent protest that has been used to change American History many times in the past. Here are a few notable examples:
Boston tea party Following boycotts of British tea due to high import taxes, the Boston Tea Party was staged in 1773 by Samuel Adams -- one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and original signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Started by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1955, inspired in part by the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white passenger.
UFW Grape and lettuce boycotts
Started by Cesar Chavez in 1965, done to protest low wages and dangerously poor working conditions for farm workers in the United States. The first grape boycott, from 1965-1970, was the most successful consumer boycott in U.S. history.
Started by kids in California in 1990, done to protest tuna netting practices that unnecessarily killed millions of dolphins, resulted in fishing industry change to "dolphin safe" tuna netting and labeling of canned tuna as "dolphin safe".