Whether that passion be for a person‚ for art‚ equality‚ etc‚ it is what drives someone to be extraordinary. It makes them fight‚ it makes them stand up‚ it ignites the fire in a hero’s heart. For instance‚ Sylvia Rivera‚ while making a speech for the Stonewall movement‚ said‚ "I’ll be the first one to step on any organization‚ and politician’s
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(206). Without an effective rallying point‚ it is difficult for individual activists to organize. In addition to inadequate language‚ the trans community was not able to find support in the more well-established gay liberation movement. Prior to the Stonewall riots‚ the impetus which sparked the escalation of gay pride‚ the gay community included all sorts of gender-diverse people (Enke‚ Lecture 4/26). In the process of gaining prominence‚ however‚ the gay liberation movement began to focus on the experiences
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African Americans combated segregation throughout the south and other parts of the country and demonstrated against unfair treatment in all aspects of life. The GLBT community was also facing severe police harassment that would culminate in the Stonewall Riots by the end of the 5 decade. Grant Gallup‚ and African American civil tights activist makes a perceptive connection between the two groups during the sixties. He states‚ "many of us who went south to work with Dr. King in the sixties were
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for Cuban Studies and the other from the Bay Area Queers for Cuba. The US activists joined with members of Cuba’s Action Group for the Liberation of Sexual Choice and Expression to carry a 10-metre piece of the rainbow flag from the June 1994 Stonewall celebration in New York. They were cheered by Cubans who lined the
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Lincoln commanded an attack d. Confederate general gained the nickname Stonewall Jackson‚ and won the battle c. Union Armies in the West vi. Lincoln drafted 500‚000 men to serve 3 years instead of 3 months‚ 3 days later he called for an additional 500‚000 men. 8. He also appointed General George
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The Great Barrier Reef | Koh Yi Shing 2013.03.19 | The world’s largest coral reef system‚ The Great Barrier Reef‚ is shrinking at an incredibly rapid rate (Environmental Threats). Over the past 27 years‚ it has lost approximately half of its coral (Happening to GBR). This is due to many reasons; it includes oil spills‚ poor water quality‚ shipping‚ climate change etc. (Environmental Threats). One of the main reasons is overfishing (Environmental Threats). For example‚ the species of Crown-of-thorns
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Maya Angelou Biography Maya Angelou is an amazing American author‚ poet‚ entertainer‚ actress‚ playwright‚ producer and director‚ historian and civil rights activist. She is best known for her portrayals of strong African American women. Born April 4‚ 1928 in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Maya Angelou’s given name was Marguerite Johnson‚ Maya and her brother Bailey spent most of their childhood living with their grandmother in rural Arkansas. Maya grew up in Stamps and learned what it was like to
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Tennessee Williams was a post-modern dramatist following World War II who brought Southern Gothic style to popularity. He conveyed realistic‚ broken characters to his audience‚ drawing inspiration to his own family. In 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire first appeared on the Broadway stage. In 1948 it had brought fame to Marlon Brando and won Williams a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Within the drama‚ themes of beauty‚ desire‚ manipulation‚ and social class draw empathy for the manipulative Blanche. Tennessee
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The Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13‚ 1862‚ involved nearly 200‚000 combatants‚ the largest concentration of troops in any Civil War battle. Ambrose Burnside‚ the newly appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac‚ had ordered his more than 120‚000 troops to cross the Rappahannock River‚ where they made a two-pronged attack on the right and left flanks of Robert E. Lee’s 80‚000-strong Army of Northern Virginia at Fredericksburg. On both ends‚ Lee’s rebel defenders turned back the Union assault
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The Stormy Sixties; 1960 – 1968 The Stormy Sixties bean with heightened Cold War tensions that led to the full-scale eruption of the Vietnam War. President Kennedy’s youthful energy brought about a new age of American politics that outlived the assassin’s bullet and into President Johnson’s administration. From bus boycotts and sit-ins to a March on Washington‚ the Civil Rights Movement gained momentum in the 1960s and inspired all of America to fight for equal rights. The major concern
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