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    administrators are prepared to comply. 1956 5. The reason why outsiders came to Clinton‚ Tennessee was to stir up the opposition to the integration. John Kasper was a vocal segregationist from Washington‚ D.C.‚ Kasper also asked for rallies and pickets to protest any student attending Clinton. Judge Robert Taylor issued a restraining order against John Kasper forbidding him from being able to interfere with integration. Kasper held a meeting that had 1‚500 people‚ Taylor ordered his arrest. Kasper is in jail

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    Characteristics of Victorian Literature The literature of the Victorian age (1837 – 1901‚ named for the reign of Queen Victoria) entered in a new period after the romantic revival. The literature of this era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism. Though‚ the Victorian Age produced great poets‚ the age is also remarkable for the excellence of its prose. The discoveries of science have particular effects upon the literature of the age. If you study all the great writers of this

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    With recent‚ record-breaking protests such as the ones on the weekend of January 20-22 (as well as pre-existing ones such as the North Dakota Access Pipeline protests)‚ more and more people are participating in the phenomenon that is peaceful resistance and protest‚ and‚ as officials say about the Women’s March during the weekend (to connect with an example)‚ “not a single arrest was made” (Seipel‚ “The Hill”). Again‚ there are direct results‚ as the NDAP protests caused alternate considerations

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    Civil Rights Movement to end racial discrimination and segregation in the latter half of the twentieth century. As a world-renowned spokesperson advocating nonviolent protest‚ many of his speeches were centered on peaceful ways to change the unfair treatment and segregation of blacks. His hope was to use these methods of nonviolent protest so that one day all of God’s children‚ whites and blacks included‚ would live‚ and treat each other‚ as equals. On April 3‚ 1968‚ he delivered what would be his final

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    Government Complex. In the small hours‚ the police carried out arrests and clearances. Later at 8 September‚ protests escalated as police blocked roads and bridges entering Tim Mei Avenue. Protest leaders urged citizens to come to Admiralty to encircle the police. The heavy-handed policing‚ including the use of tear gas on peaceful protesters‚ inspired tens of thousands of citizens to join the protests in Admiralty. It also caused a spill-over to other parts of the city‚ including Wan Chai‚ Causeway Bay and Mong

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    Peaceful resistance‚ as with all forms of protest‚ have both positive and negative effects on America’s concept of a “free society” but upon inspection‚ one can see that in time‚ it is positive. Forms of peaceful resistance can range from a conscientious objection to a law in the form of protesting‚ to simply writing a representative to express one’s opinion on a law. Each of these are opportunities for citizens to exhibit their constitutional rights to organize‚ free speech‚ and perform their civic

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    agreement". You are showing the "good example". I can’t deny that violent protest have their effect‚ but think about it‚ who are you attacking? Who are you killing? They are people who think they’re right‚ but by killing them or being violent doesn’t make your more legitimate to be heard. It is a cycle of revenge you are entering. I keep reading in the pro-violence section that the French Revolution was a successful violent protest. I am French. This Revolution was NOT a success. After the king was executed

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    His eye-witness testimony of the rioting survives as one of the few first-hand recollection of the rioting that would become known as one of the most notorious protests of the century. In the years that follow‚ Kobayashi becomes a regular visitor to Hibiya Park‚ covering the many protests that occur there. As he continued to follow the trail of social discord in Japan‚ Kobayashi became increasingly concerned about the oppressive nature of the Japanese police force and the

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    This protest happened in September 2011 and it began because of the 2008 financial crisis‚ which prevented banks from bailing people out‚ caused the failure of many key businesses like New Century Financial‚ and dropped the stock markets world wide. This protest was formed in order to bring awareness to how little the United States Government cared about the 99 percent of the American

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    National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam‚ who all co-organized the demonstrations outside of the Democratic National Convention. Mayor Richard J. Daley was in great disagreement to the Yippie movement‚ and after getting word of the protests he publically announced‚ repeatedly‚ “Law and order will be maintained‚” and gave the order “shoot to kill”‚ if necessary. Mayor Daley kept his promise; for the 10‚000 demonstrators that arrived for the event‚ they were matched with about 20

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