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...Just off the top of my head, some major successful boycotts that I can think of:

The Free-Produce Movement (an international abolitionist boycott of goods produced by enslaved persons, abstention from financially enriching slave owners; one of the most famous and successful being the Sugar Boycott);

The Don't Buy Where You Can't Work Boycotts, which is credited with creating thousands of jobs for African Americans during the Depression;

The Montgomery Bus Boycott against racial segregation on public transport;

The Tallahassee Bus Boycott;

The Baton Rogue Bus Boycott;

The Black Christmas Boycotts against racially discriminatory hiring practices;

The Mississippi Gas Station Boycotts against gas stations not allowing Black people to use restrooms [*see sec. Background, sub-sec. Protests Begin];

The South African Goods Boycott Against Apartheid (a consumer boycott that spanned 35 years and played a central role in the anti-apartheid movement);

The Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902 organized by Jewish women of the Lower East Side, against a coordinated increase in the price of kosher meat in New York City;

The Delano Grape Boycott & Strike (consumers & businesses refused to purchase non-union farmed grapes and grape products to support farm workers striking for a fair wage);

The American Revolutionary Boycotts of British Goods.

Boycotts can work. Consumer action (or, rather, consumer abstention) has always had far more power than governments and corporations want us to believe (in fact, governments utilize boycotts themselves in the form of sanctions). Sticking it out and refusing to fund corporations, organizations, individuals, governments, etc. that enact, support, and/or fund conditions, regulations, legislation, etc. of a harmful, bigoted, oppressive, or otherwise objectionable nature has historically worked, and is still working.

In the modern era of boycotts, we've seen stakeholders abandon their investments in companies facing boycotts. We've seen companies sell or close their holdings in countries and regions facing boycotts. We've seen regulations passed to address issues brought to light by boycotts.

(Source) August 2nd, 2026.