April M. Beisaw, Professor of Anthropology, is co-author (with Dania Jordan-Talley) of The Archaeology of American Protests, published in 2025 by University Press of Florida. A volume in the series “The American Experience in Archaeological Perspective,” the book explores American protest history across four centuries to illustrate how ideals such as equality, prosperity, and self-determination have been challenged and negotiated through protest, connecting today’s protest movements to those that came long before. Using case studies of movements for Indigenous rights, women’s rights, environmental activism, and other causes, Beisaw and Jordan-Talley trace connections between historical protests such as Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and the Boston Tea Party of 1773 to recent protests including Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline resistance. Through the perspectives of activist archaeology, community-based archaeology, and social justice, this book illustrates the integral place of protest in the American experience, demonstrating how communal and public actions taken in pivotal moments can catalyze change and resonate well into the future.