Many people hear about the LGBT movement and don’t really know what it means; LGBT stands for Lesbians‚ Gays‚ Bisexual‚ and Transgender. This movement started on June 27‚ 1969‚ the purpose of the LGBT movement was to gain rights for lesbians‚ gays‚ bisexual‚ and transgender people so they could be accepted in there society. Although nowadays lesbians‚ gays‚ bisexual‚ and transgender are more popular. They appear on most TV shows‚ movies‚ and social media‚ although that was not always the case for
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Surviving Inmates and prison employees during the time of the September 13‚ 1971 riot‚ described at the trial how state troopers and guards forced naked inmates to run over broken glass past a gauntlet of correction officers swinging nightsticks. Of hostages found dead‚ two apparently had been killed before the day of the riot and one of them castrated. Nine prisoners were taken to area hospitals for surgery and others were injured‚ some so serious
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race riots which have stemmed from police brutality against Americans of minority descent. One of the most infamous race riots were the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 which stemmed from the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Officers (Martin‚ 2005). In 1992 the Los Angeles Riots began following a verdict which had acquitted the four police officers who had beaten Rodney King to within an inch of his life (Ralph & Chance‚ 2014). According to Ralph & Chance (2014) “By the time the Riots (or
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In the article “The forgotten victim of Florence and Normandie” written by Steve Lopez‚ an incredible victim of horrific riots shares his life story and how it affected him. Fidel Lopez suffered many injuries that changed his life forever. After being physically assaulted his beliefs remand positive. I agree with Fidel and his positivity after his injuries because I believe that violence over violence will not solve anything. Fidel chose to be the bigger person and continued his life as much as he
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This essay is about the development of social welfare in Hong Kong before the change in sovereignty in 1997‚ which is divided into four stages. The main factors affecting the development of social welfare in Hong Kong before 1997 will then be discussed. There are four phases in the history of social policy in Hong Kong before 1997. They are Residual social policy‚ Partial social policy‚ The Big Bang Social Policy‚ and The Incremental Social policy Phase 1 is Residual Social policy‚ which was between
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fine how it was. This reason doesn’t make any sense though. Of course people will rebel violently or riot‚ but that is an effective way to get your point across. Take the Kent State Riots as an example. People rioted and protested against the US expanding the Vietnam War into Cambodia. These riots became nationwide and President Nixon eventually withdrew troops from Cambodia. Many successful riots prove that something bad can turn out to be
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triggered by the Great Migration of African Americans to the North. About twenty five cities nationwide in 1919 began to erupt in race riots and this time would later be known as the "Red Summer". Between 1910 and 1920 the African American population in Chicago doubled‚ leading to heightened tensions between African Americans and Caucasians. The worst of the race riots occurred after a 9 year old African American boy accidentally swam into
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In 1967 though 1970 the United States of America was fighting a war in Vietnam. In the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ a large percentage of American people were a free love and peaceful society. Over 6‚000 miles away in Nigeria‚ citizens were not even safe in their own homes because of the fear of being killed. Nigeria was in a crisis; they were in a civil war. The civil war included three different tribes: the Biafra (Igbo) people‚ the Yoruba‚ and the Hausa-Fulani. The conflict was so bad that the
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extravagant lifestyle. Laura Wade uses themes such as tradition‚ violence‚ and privilege to depict a void and distraction for the members of the Riot Club‚ from their true purpose and potential. Tradition is valued by previous members of the Riot Club‚ and it is said that a little bit of symbolism can go a long way. A tradition that was created at the first ever Riot Club meeting was a ten-bird
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On August 9th‚ 2014‚ Michael Brown‚ an African American 18 year old male‚ was shot to death by a white male police officer named Darren Wilson in Ferguson‚ Missouri‚ causing nationwide protests and violent riots in Ferguson. After two weeks‚ these riots subdued‚ but two months later the protests resumed when the grand jury decided not to indict Wilson. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee also has race as a substantial factor. In the story‚ African American Tom Robinson is accused of raping
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