As I stood in Centralia’s George Washington Park in the midst of blustery weather and cold rain‚ Ted pointed out the irony of the statues erected in honor of the Centralia massacre. The large bronze statue known as The Sentinel is the most noticeable and immediately commanded my attention at the center of the park. It was commissioned and placed in 1924 in the name of the four Legionnaires who were killed on that fateful date of November 11‚ 1919. There is also a tiny plaque on the ground which is
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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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The Maguindanao massacre‚ violent as it already was‚ is a source of more violence. But the task of helping bridge groups and transcending biases of tribes and of roles in society (military vis-à-vis CSOs) have been a source of energy for us to continue our peacebuilding work. Balay Mindanaw as an institution is steadfast in its vision of peace even with the changes in the political and peace terrain in Mindanao. The work we are doing in Maguindanao may seem to have stretched Balay Mindanaw’s scope
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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 Boston Controversy” March 5th‚ 1770 marks a day in American history where an event took place known as the “Boston Massacre”. This notable moment in American history was a spark in the colonies that eventually led to the American colonies taking up arms against England. The “Boston Massacre” was the iconic nickname of a riot in Boston that led to British soldiers firing upon of colonists on March 5th 1770. The major controversy debated is whether or not the British officer
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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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MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE Stories and worldwide condemnation of the Maguindanao massacre still grapple the Filipino people in disbelief. Focusing on the victims that include lawyers and journalists in the company of scions of a political clan‚ the manner of mass execution was the most gruesome‚ so animalistic‚ and the most barbaric act of the new century. Fifty-seven of them‚ men‚ women‚ and children were killed and decapitated; bodies were mangled and riddled with bullets. This
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