1968 Tlatelolco Massacre During the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz government‚ the people were repressed‚ offended‚ and abused. Also‚ President Diaz wanted an absolute government in which he could have complete power and authority over the country and Mexican citizens. On October 2nd‚ in the region of the Plaza de las Tres Culturas a thousand students were gathered to protest against the government ’s actions. Things started to slip through his iron fist and this turned into a nightmare of horror and grief
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MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY The Vietnam controversy made many people feel at distress. It was never considered a "war‚" although that is exactly what it was. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam was one of the many atrocities of that war. There is an unquestionable connection between Milgram ’s "Obedience to Authority" and the My Lai Massacre. According to Kelman & Hamilton‚ "Unquestioning obedience has been the cause of such disasters as the My Lai massacre and the Holocaust
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The Montreal Massacre was one of the most tragic events of Canadian history. On December 6th‚ 1989‚ a twenty-five year old man walked into the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and shot to death 14 woman. He separated the men from the women and before opening fire on the classroom of female engineering students he screamed‚ "I hate feminists." The gunman then moved through the college corridors‚ the cafeteria‚ and another classroom‚ specifically targeting women to shoot. By the time Lépine turned the
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accusation of being involved in a communist revolution in 1981. With this‚ it led to many deaths of the Mayans and millions being dragged out of their homes. In what had seemed a typical civil war‚ fighting for their rights‚ it turned into a deadly massacre of the poor Mayans. During this time period‚ a civil war was undertaken. The cause for this was the rebellion of guerrilla forces trying to overthrow Miguel Yidigoras Fuentes‚ who was the president
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------------------------------------------------- Khojaly Massacre In 1991 the small village of Khojaly‚ situated in the Nagorno Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan‚ had a population of just 6‚300 people.The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijna civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by theArmenain.The death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians‚ including 106 women and 83 children. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had
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boycotting began‚ you were honored more if you were wearing your own homemade clothes‚ looking as if you were poor. Even the upper-class colonist stopped buying luxurious goods from the British‚ and began living a cheaper lifestyle. 2) The Boston Massacre was an incident on a cold night in Boston‚ MA‚ on March 5‚ 1770‚ where a fight broke out between British soldiers and Boston civilians. The British soldiers had been stationed in Boston since 1768‚ and the people of Boston did not like this one
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The Colfax Massacre‚ one of the bloodiest mass-murders during the Reconstruction‚ took place on April 13‚ 1873 in Colfax‚ Louisiana. The massacre / riot was a result of the gubernatorial elections of 1872 held in Louisiana. The election was between McEnery‚ the white conservative legislature candidate‚ and William Pitt Kellogg‚ a carpetbagger (a Northerner who came to the South to help the blacks) of the Radical Republican Party. The election resulted in two different outcomes. Although McEnery actually
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at the MET museum on Friday after I saw what I am about to explain. I thought my love for art was at its highest and couldn’t go beyond‚ but my love for art has grown tremendously after I laid my eyes on the beautiful Francois-Joseph Navez’s “The Massacre of the Innocents.” A painting that no matter the writer;can’t be explained with words‚ but needs to be seen personally. ” Navez was a Belgian neo-classical painter student of Jacques-Louis in Paris. “This is an intimate family drama who’s frightening
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The Jonestown Massacre Jahiii Parks Civil Rights/Black Power Prof. Raquel M. Bennett December 19‚ 2012 The Peoples Temple which was founded by Jim Jones‚ was a racially integrated church that focused on helping people in need. Jones originally established the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis‚ Indiana‚ but then moved it to Redwood Valley‚ California in 1966. Jones had a vision of a communist community‚ one in which everyone lived together in harmony and worked for the common good. He was able
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(21 March‚ the date of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960) During the Apartheid era in South Africa‚ black people were oppressed beyond humane standards. They were deprived of racial equality with the whites. Also‚ they were exploited off from their land. Furthermore‚ they were restricted from certain privileges. All this caused retaliation by the blacks both politically and socially‚ and the eventual result was the Sharpeville Massacre. The Sharpeville massacre was a haunting historical response by
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