page_title: List of protests in the United States by size
section_title: List
hierarchical_section_title: List of protests in the United States by size / List
caption_attribution_description: March for Science, Washington, DC
context_page_description: The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
  Widespread mass protest became a distinct characteristic of 20th and 21st century American civic engagement, with each of the top ten attended protests occurring since 1974 and each of the top five occurring since the advent of the Trump administration in 2017.
caption: Protesters in Washington, D.C., 2017
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