The Watts Riot It is August 17 1965 and‚ we just went through the worst week of our lives things are finally starting to calm down. As we are going into town to see what is left‚ and to access the damages‚ we try to understand how this got so out of control. In the course of seven days‚ 34 lives were lost and‚ more than 1‚032 were injured‚ the police had arrested 3‚438 people and‚ there are over $40 million in property damages (Watts Riots 2013). This all started from what should have been a routine
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modern people of an unpredictable era of human civilisation‚ such as metaphorically referring to the ‘seven deadly sins’ to the pressures of students within education‚ on the contrary‚ the pressures of authority with the uprising of men (e.g. London Riots). Yet‚ through query-seeking dialogue at the end of our performance with our audience‚ one of the audience members told us “I think the monologues were put together really well as it shows us more about the character.” I was really pleased with this
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Compare and contrast the Haymarket Riot‚ the Homestead Strike‚ and the Pullman Strike. On balance‚ what was their effect on the organized labor movement? The Haymaker Square riot was an outbreak of violence in Chicago on May 4‚ 1886. The American workers were demanded for 8-hour workdays in that time. 1‚500 or so people gathered at Haymarket Square and when police attempted to break up the meeting‚ a bomb exploded and police then opened fire on the crowd. Seven policemen were killed and more than
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They transported Gray in a van to the police station. He was in very serious medical condition. They take him to Shock Trauma. Gray underwent two surgeries on his spine but remained in a coma. He died weeks later. The death of Freddie Gray led to riots and outbursts. Police officers were being attacked by mobs of young men. Buildings were being burned down also. “It looked as if a tornado hit in here. Every single section of the store was ransacked. It was terrible” (Sequoia Alexander; after helping
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In 1919 "Red Summer": a wave of racist violence unparalleled in American history results in significant anti-black riots in several cities. Lynchings and attacks against the American black community are increasing throughout the summer. In Chicago‚ there are many dead‚ nearly five hundred wounded and several thousand families homeless. About 1921 Thousands of whites
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The effects of the war were much more immediate and explosive than anyone in the government anticipated. Within a few weeks of Pearl Harbor‚ plans had been laid to make New Providence a major air base‚ for America‚ and upgrading the airport close to Nassau which Sir Harry Oakes had already donated to the government‚ and adding a even larger Satellite Field next to Lake Killarney at the western end of the island. The building contract was rewarded by the United States regime to the large Pleasantville
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Story of Worship A research paper submitted to Dr. Rodney Whaley in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course Biblical Foundations of Worship WSRP 510 By: Date October 2014 Contents Introduction1 Old Testament Principles for Worship2 Principles Learned about Worship from the Psalms6 New Testament Principles for Worship8 Application of Worship to Daily Living9 Conclusion….10 Appendix: Words for Worship11 Bibliography
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property‚ doubled from 14 percent of the adult males to 29 percent. And loss of property meant loss of voting rights” (Zinn 47) suggests this statement‚ and reveals another way the poor were discriminated against: by being revoked of their right to vote. Riots did not come to a halt‚ but the lower-class attempted a different strategy‚ to better their lives rather than rise against the unfairness against them. “In the 1730s‚ a committee of the Boston town meeting spoke out for Bostonians in debt‚ who wanted
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because the rooms were connected in a linear order‚ like cars on a train; the interior rooms were often dark and musty‚ as only the very front room had windows and received any ventilation. Despite a widespread cholera epidemic in 1849 and draft riots during the 1850s‚ the first official investigation into tenement life did not occur until 1857. However‚ no real attention was given to the issue until the first Annual Report of 1866‚ when a health official described the conditions as deplorable;
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Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles Outline Topic: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943: What caused them‚ what happened‚ and what were the effects? Introduction Causes for the riots in 1943 History of racism Stylish dress seen as un-American during wartime. Stage set for riots Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the Zoot Suit riots Effects of riots Cultural repression Political activism in Mexican American community Series of reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department Causes Mexican Revolution‚
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