The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history, with an estimated 20 million participants. Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests erupted nationwide following the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and continued well into August. An estimated 15–26 million people participated in these sustained protests, making BLM the largest protest movement in American history.
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