Your Call: How has dissent shaped U.S. history?

On the June 11th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with historian Ralph Young on the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. The book Dissent: History of an American Idea, chronicles a history of dissenters who went against the grain. It spans dissent from colonial times to the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements in the 21^st century. What is considered dissent and what isn’t? What can the history of dissent tell us about how social change happens? It’s Your Call, with David Onek, and you.

Guest:

Ralph Young, professor of history at Temple University, and author of Dissent: The History of an American Idea

Web resources:

WaPo: Hilary Clinton’s very Elizabeth Warren-esque announcement

NBC News: D.C. Gyrocopter Pilot Douglas Hughes Indicted by Federal Grand Jury

Yes! Magazine: Meet the Woman Behind #Black Lives Matter – the Hashtag that became a Civil Rights Movement

NY Times: Edward Snowden – The World Says No to Surveillance

Quartz: Remember Occupy Wall Street, Probably Not