Causes of the Riots in Oldham Long Term - At one time Oldham produced 13% of the world’s cotton - It was dependant on the industry - Couldn’t compete with foreign competition (although it tried to until 1989) - After WWII migrants from the commonwealth were encouraged to move to Oldham to supplement the workforce - These were mainly Caribbean and Pakistani‚ and later Bangladeshi - 1960 – Larger numbers of Indians‚ Pakistanis and Caribbean migrants settled - Due to poor circumstances‚ they
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Essay 1992 Los Angeles riots: The riots began with the violent arrest of Rodney King March 3‚ 1991‚ in a high-speed pursuit King drove through several red lights and stop signs; he pulled over in the Lake View Terrace. King had a record for drunk driving but the officers involved testified that they believed him to be under the influence of the narcotic PCP‚ in a later blood test he was tested negative for PCP. A civilian named George Holliday recorded the whole arrest‚ the defendants also alleged
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Cited: Cosgrove‚ Stewart. “The Zoot Suit and Style welfare” History workshop journal. Vol. 18‚ Oxford University Press. 1984. 77-91 PBS American Experience: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder.” 2002. Salomon‚ Larry‚ “The Zoot Suit Riots.” Roots of justice. Valdez‚ Luis. Zoot Suit. Houston: Texas Arte Publico Press‚ 1992.
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started to protest the price of bread. When two Parisian manufacturers‚ Réveillon and Henriot‚ suggested in late April 1789 that the distribution of bread should be deregulated‚ thereby lowering prices and reducing both wages and costs of production‚ riots
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the brim‚ and an elderly former drag queen settles in to watch a riot play out onscreen. Much to her dismay‚ none of what she remembers of that heated day in 1969 is reflected there. Director Roland Emmerich has manipulated history with his latest movie‚ Stonewall‚ released September 25th‚ 2015. The film depicts the Stonewall Riot; the event in LGBT history often credited with uniting the LGBT community into one movement. The riot consisted of an ethnically diverse group of LGBT people: homosexuals
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John Etefia Tomek Research Paper The New York City Draft Riots that took place July 13-16 of 1863 during the Civil War are considered the largest civil insurrection in the American History. The riots started off as a protest against the Conscription Act passed in March of 1863‚ which made all single men age 20-45 and married men up to 35 were subject to the draft lottery. The part of the Conscription Act that really caused an uproar was not only the fact that it forced men to go and fight in
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The events that occurred in Newark during the 1960’s should definitely be referred to as a riot. During the time the African Americans connoted wild‚ uncontrolled‚ criminal behavior. On the other hand they did have the aim to try to affect the government actions and policy‚ but they did it in an uncontrolled way. Using the word “rebellion” suggests that the African Americans had a clear cut reason to behave the way they did‚ without a justifiable cause. The government of Newark failed to incorporate
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chaos on the 12th street. The Detroit riots started when a person threw a bottle into the street and at a cop car. After this happen people began to loot stores. There were 1‚700 stores being looted and 2‚000 building destroyed. After stores were looted governor Jerome P. Cavanagh put national guards in front of stores. When this happen somebody tried to loot a store and store owner had shot a person. On July 24 there was the first death of this riot. On this day governor Jerome P. Cavanagh
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The Riot Grrrl movement was extremely important because it allowed an outlet from the bleak and sad outlook that grunge music always portrayed people were getting tired of it and this movement helped accelerate the death of grunge. Secondly and most important it allowed women to have a voice about the issues women face on a daily basis including crimes‚ body image sexuality and the most intriguing one for me women in politics were just some of the topics covered in the music of this movement. Women
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Up until the end of the 19th century‚ the concept of homosexuality was a scarcely known or talked-about subject‚ due to social stigmatization. However‚ lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender rights have seen rapid progress throughout the 20th century‚ marked by gradual increases in acknowledgement and acceptance of homosexuality. In the United States‚ the concept of homosexuality remained unspoken for centuries. Often times‚ anyone who was discovered to have taken part in homosexual behaviors would
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