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56 Howard L.J. 721 (2012-2013)
Does Protest Work

handle is hein.journals/howlj56 and id is 749 raw text is: Does Protest Work? TOMIKO BROWN-NAGIN* I. THE SOCIO-LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF PROTEST .................................. 726 A. Be True to What You Said on Paper ........... 726 II. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND WEALTH INEQUALITY, 1956-1968 ..................... 728 A. King's Critiques of Economic Inequality............ 728 B. Policy Proposals and Government Response, 1964.. 729 C. Lessons ................................. 731 III. THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE'S ANTIPOVERTY WORK, 1966-1970. 734 A. Community Organizing as a Political Tool .......... 735 B. Single-Issue Advocacy: The Attack on Slum Lords Inside the Courtroom and Outside.......... 736 1. Political Mobilization and Rent Strikes, 1966 ... 736 2. The Constitutional Challenge to Summary Eviction, 1966-1970 ..................... 739 C. Lessons ................................. 741 IV. SCHOOL DESEGREGATION AS AN ENGINE OF SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY, 1972-1979........... 743 A. The Voice of the Forgotten Poor ............... 743 B. Education Litigation ........................ 744 C. Lessons ................................. 745 V. PROTEST TODAY: OCCUPY WALL STREET ...... 747 A. Back Story... ................ ........ 748 B. Philosophy, Structure, and Tactics ...... ........ 750 C. Analysis ................................. 754 1. Socio-Legal Framework and Rhetoric ......... 754 2. Relationship to the State and Influential Elites. 756 * Professor of Law and Professor of History, Harvard University. Thanks to Lani Guinier, Daniel Nagin, Connie Sung and Samuel Weiss for reading prior drafts of this Article. 2013 Vol. 56 No. 3 721

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