The Burma Road Riot "The 1942 riot in Nassau was a short-lived spontaneous outburst by a group of disgruntled labourers‚ and occurred against a background of narrow socio-economic and political policies." Quoted from "The 1942 riot in Nassau: A demand for Change?" by Gail Saunders. "The construction project promised a relative bonanza for the local unemployed‚ a chance to sell their labor for something like the rates they knew were normal on the mainland ... Unknown to them‚ however‚ the Bahamas
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The LA Riots of 1992 The United States has faced many obstacles when it comes to growing and prospering as a nation‚ especially in regards to the issues of racism and police brutality. These issues led to one of the most historical events to ever take place in the USA. In April of 1992‚ after four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were acquitted of all charges they faced for beating an unarmed‚ black motorist named Rodney King in March of 1991. The people of South Central Los
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have a riot. The condition in which these inmates lived was horrible. I know when a person commit a crime they are punished for the crime. This was very cruel of how these inmates were treated. The uniforms did not fit the inmates well. The meals were not pleasant and baths were giving once a week. These inmates had to pay for their toilet items and the state clothing and these items were brought from the commissary. They weren’t making enough money and would often hustle. When the riot happened
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modern people of an unpredictable era of human civilisation‚ such as metaphorically referring to the ‘seven deadly sins’ to the pressures of students within education‚ on the contrary‚ the pressures of authority with the uprising of men (e.g. London Riots). Yet‚ through query-seeking dialogue at the end of our performance with our audience‚ one of the audience members told us “I think the monologues were put together really well as it shows us more about the character.” I was really pleased with this
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Compare and contrast the Haymarket Riot‚ the Homestead Strike‚ and the Pullman Strike. On balance‚ what was their effect on the organized labor movement? The Haymaker Square riot was an outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4‚ 1886. The American workers were demanded for 8-hour workdays in that time. 1‚500 or so people gathered at Haymarket Square and when police attempted to break up the meeting‚ a bomb exploded and police then opened fire on the crowd. Seven policemen were killed and more than
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They transported Gray in a van to the police station. He was in very serious medical condition. They take him to Shock Trauma. Gray underwent two surgeries on his spine but remained in a coma. He died weeks later. The death of Freddie Gray led to riots and outbursts. Police officers were being attacked by mobs of young men. Buildings were being burned down also. “It looked as if a tornado hit in here. Every single section of the store was ransacked. It was terrible” (Sequoia Alexander; after helping
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In 1919 "Red Summer": a wave of racist violence unparalleled in American history results in significant anti-black riots in several cities. Lynchings and attacks against the American black community are increasing throughout the summer. In Chicago‚ there are many dead‚ nearly five hundred wounded and several thousand families homeless. About 1921 Thousands of whites
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The LA riots were the main theme for this week’s reading. Needless to say‚ it was a mortifying past for both the African Americans and the people of LA. The emotion explosion that accounted for thousands of injuries and billions of dollar worth of damage originated from the discriminatory decision of a court case. Rodney King‚ a middle-aged African American man‚ was pulled over on a highway for drunk speeding. He was brutally beaten by four police officers for no apparent reasons‚ and someone recorded
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The effects of the war were much more immediate and explosive than anyone in the government anticipated. Within a few weeks of Pearl Harbor‚ plans had been laid to make New Providence a major air base‚ for America‚ and upgrading the airport close to Nassau which Sir Harry Oakes had already donated to the government‚ and adding a even larger Satellite Field next to Lake Killarney at the western end of the island. The building contract was rewarded by the United States regime to the large Pleasantville
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property‚ doubled from 14 percent of the adult males to 29 percent. And loss of property meant loss of voting rights” (Zinn 47) suggests this statement‚ and reveals another way the poor were discriminated against: by being revoked of their right to vote. Riots did not come to a halt‚ but the lower-class attempted a different strategy‚ to better their lives rather than rise against the unfairness against them. “In the 1730s‚ a committee of the Boston town meeting spoke out for Bostonians in debt‚ who wanted
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