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    service ➔ Authenticity of data and its availability ➔ Accessibility of application ➔ Using open data across desktop and mobile application - Catering to various issues‚ one need better design ideas to solve it like : ➔ Using Google MapsTM API ➔ Using Detroit city’s official open data which is available 24 X 7. ➔ Providing different means to access the application like a Web app and a mobile app. ➔ Making API’s in web app to provide the open data for mobile application Data

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    The Tulsa Race Riot and Florida’s Rosewoood Massacre In about the 75 years following the Tulsa Race Riot‚ there has been investigation on what has happened in Tulsa on the date May 31 and June 1‚ 1921. The Tulsa Race Riot was a devastating event in history where many had lost their lives‚ around 300 with recent investigations‚ and the Greenwood District of Tulsa was destroyed. The riot started over a racial dispute‚ involving a group of black men trying to prevent a lynching of another

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    Americans were forced to become "American" through Americanization. These events led to the accumulation of tension between the two races‚ which then became apparent in the Sleep Lagoon Murder Trial of 1942 and exploded in the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. The Zoot Suit Riots represented an obvious discrimination and violence against the Mexican American youths by the white men in the United States. The zoot suits were: high-waisted‚ wide-legged and long coat suits that were popular within the African and

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    apprehension led to a downright fear of foreigners‚ ignited by the public perception that this massive influx of immigrants was contributing to the spread of pauperism‚ crime‚ and public drunkenness‚ while driving wages down and rents up” (350). Before the riots of the summer of 1844 broke out‚ many factors contributed to the accumulation of tensions in the city. During this time period the King James version of the Bible was read every day in public schools and other religious activities of the faith were

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    The Attica Prison Riot of 1971 alarmed and outraged society. The public outrage brought about long overdue prison reforms including changes to public policy and administration. The riot began on September 9‚ 1971 and ended on September 13‚ 1971 when state police stormed the prison and opened fire. The re-taking of the prison left ten employees and twenty-nine inmates dead. During the riot itself one employee and three inmates were killed. The exact causes or incidents that led to the uprising are

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    Conditions Leading up to the 1937 Riots There were many different factors which influenced the conditions in not only Barbados but across the British Caribbean which eventually led to uprisings in the various territories but namely Barbados. These factors can be broken down into 3 categories of Economic‚ Social and Political. Economic Factors Leading up to the riots Barbados’ economy was in a dreadful state due to many different factors‚ both internal and external. One of the more substantial external

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    In Martin Luther King Jr.’s‚ “Speech on the Vietnam War‚ 1967” he audaciously criticizes America’s contribution in the Vietnam War‚ in hopes of encouraging citizens to protest against the war through irony‚ rhetorical questions‚ and allusion. King’s effort for racial equality shows in his speech as he includes irony in lines 38-40 when talking about forcing black and white men to fight in the war. He states‚ “So we have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys

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    establishments. The protests began with the raiding of the popular establishment The Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall riots proved pivotal in the gay rights movement‚ as the Sixties and Seventies marked the rise of queers rights activist groups that fought for equality through political means. However‚ the growing queer community was still seen as relatively docile and non-violent until the riots began‚ at which point the community began protesting with “uncharacteristic fury and outrage”. Foremost‚ The protests

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    Kobayashi’s family had become acquainted with the Okamotos‚ who owned a fabric store and whose youngest daughter‚ Akane‚ was four years younger than Kobayashi. His social and financial status was not impressive‚ but he had a stable job and was an amicable man‚ so when Kobayashi began calling on Akane‚ her family had no objections. In the winter of 1899 they married‚ and by fall of the next year Akane bore their first child; a boy‚ named Shinji. In 1902‚ their daughter Umeko was born. Akane‚ like

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    blatantly cast to the shadows due to their sexual orientation-homosexuals. For many people the police raid on the Stonewall- a popular gay bar in Greenwich‚ New York- would later turn out to be the Rosa Parks movement of the LGBT community. The Stonewall Riots would raise positive public awareness of the Gay Rights Movement in 1969‚ and for many more years to come. For the first time gays‚ lesbians‚ transgenders and bisexuals were united and fought for the same cause. The Stonewall was considered to be

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