Into the Streets contains an overview of a protests in the United States throughout history. I was pleasantly surprised to see such a diverse range of social actions - not just those traditionally included in the classroom. It included protests from both the right and left. It included protests from a variety of social groups, including Native Americans, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and much more. Each protest is given historical context and is summarized. This includes photos (when possible), as well as boxes with additional information on activists, symbols, or other information relevant to the action being described. This book does not go into extreme detail into each protest (that is not the intention of this text), but I was impressed with the amount of detail that the book was able to incorporate. I would absolutely recommend this for teachers to incorporate in their classroom and I will be mentioning this to my local homeschool parents and tutors. 

I would say that this does read like a textbook. I think that is appropriate for what it is, though I do see how that could be a negative from a student's point of view. My main criticism is related to part of the title. "Visual History" lead me to assume that this would be more heavily visual oriented. There were a lot of pictures, but I thought that either graphic novel-style writing would be incorporated or that there would be a greater emphasis on symbols and signs within protest. Regardless, this is still a solid book. It definitely achieved its goal as a history of protest in the US and I could see this educating and inspiring a lot of young people.