List of the Largest Single-Day Protests in the United States

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A large hand-painted banner showing a globe and the words Earth and a speech bubble reading Help rises above a crowd gathered outdoors in Central Park, New York City.

Bar chart titled "10 largest single-day protests in U.S. history ranked by lowest estimated attendance," showing First Earth Day (1970) as the largest with 20 million, followed by "No Kings" protests, Hands Across America, Women's March, March for Our Lives, Vietnam War protest, Black Lives Matter, and Million Man March.

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A large hand-painted banner showing a globe and the words Earth and a speech bubble reading Help rises above a crowd gathered outdoors in Central Park, New York City.

The first Earth Day

A hand-painted banner raised at the 1970 Earth Day demonstration in Central Park,...

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Bar chart titled "10 largest single-day protests in U.S. history ranked by lowest estimated attendance," showing First Earth Day (1970) as the largest with 20 million, followed by "No Kings" protests, Hands Across America, Women's March, March for Our Lives, Vietnam War protest, Black Lives Matter, and Million Man March.

Largest Single-Day U.S. Protests in History

The 10 largest single-day protests in the history of the United States occurred between...

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