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    Stonewall Riots

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    Stonewall Riots "Liberation for gay people is to define ourselves how and with whom we live‚ instead of measuring our relationships by straight values… To be free territory‚ we must govern ourselves‚ set up our own institutions‚ defend ourselves‚ and use our own energies to improve our lives" (Wittman‚ 75). Carl Wittman’s Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto‚ drew together many of the themes dealing with gay liberation. This quote demonstrates the goals of the gay and lesbian movement‚ a movement

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    Rebecca riots

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    "The Rebecca Riots were mainly the product of dire poverty gripping West Wales" How valid is this assessment of the causes of the Rebecca riots‚ 1839-1844? The Rebecca riots were a series of protests against conditions in the rural areas of Wales between 1839 and 1844. It was a time of growing discontent among the poor‚ they were under increasing pressure from the cost of all necessaries in life. Interpretation suggests that the Rebecca riots were a consequence of extreme poverty caused by many

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    The Stonewall Riots

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    The Stonewall riots directly resulted in the birth of two new gay activist groups- the Gay Liberation Front‚ and the Gay Activists Alliance. The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was formed immediately after the riots by Martha Shelley‚ Sylvia Rivera‚ Marsha P. Johnson‚ Michael Brown‚ Jerry Hoose‚ and Jim Owles. Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson went on to become well known LGBTQ+ activists‚ founding STAR‚ a foundation advocating for queer and homeless women of color.The GLF took a more radical approach

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    Prison Riots

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    inmates. An issue that management faces is the occurrence of riots. According to dictionary.com‚ a riot is a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a disrupting and tumultuous manner in carrying out their private purposes. Some riots are characterized by organization and demands‚ others by weak and confused formation of leadership‚ or conflict and violence among inmates themselves. In some riots‚ prisoners inflict suffering on hostages‚ inmates treat hostages

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    Vancouver riots

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    The Vancouver Riots‚ a Moral Deficit English 1100 The article “Vancouver Hockey Riot is a symptom of a Larger Problem” by Adrian Mack and Miranda Wilson is a public interest essay which comments on how the Vancouver hockey riots of 2011 began‚ by describing the decadence of the behavior of some Canuck fans‚ and the lack moral fibre in our society at large. Mack and Wilson portray our

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    Haymarket Riot

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    Proposal • Topics of Inquiry: The Chicago bombing during the Haymarket Riot caused uproar throughout the crowd. It was supposed to be a peaceful protest‚ but turned out to be an unplanned event. Many argue that the bombing itself did not help the cause‚ but I will be arguing that the bombing helped the eight hour movement. - How did this event occur? What led up to this event? - What happened to the protestors after the riot? - How did the event benefit the eight hour movement? • Working Thesis

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    Race Riots

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    a. The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 b. There is no question or argument that on May 31- June 1921‚ a race riot took place in Tulsa that ultimately left an unknown number of people dead‚ and many more than even the highest estimates of those who killed homeless‚ humiliated‚ and horribly in debt. That these people in the next decade‚ during one of the worst periods of racism against them‚ overcame all that and succeeded in rebuilding is amazing. These are people‚ living and dead‚ are people to honored

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    Police Brutality Riots

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    While police brutality is only recently taking the media by storm‚ it has been a large scale issue in the United States for over one hundred years leading to various riots‚ petitions‚ and presidential panels. In 1938 at the time of a great riot regarding police brutality the National Negro Congress stated “Our lives‚ our homes‚ our liberties each day are made less secure because of unrestrained and unpunished police brutality” in their petition against police brutality (Contemporary Police Brutality

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    Worst Riots In America Essay

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    The Worst Riot in U.S. History “The last thing the leaders of Los Angeles expected in the early 1900s was that their city would become the scene of the nation’s deadliest urban race riot since the Civil War” (Cannon 3). On March 3‚ 1991 Rodney King was arrested for driving through stop signs and multiple lights. Rodney King‚ African-American‚ had been arrested once before and the police were convinced he was on the narcotic “PCP”. The entire arrest was filmed and several witnesses claimed

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    affecting the community and individuals around the world. We all hear news about police brutality over the news or over social media. According to an article‚ “What Has Changed About Police Brutality in America‚ From Rodney King to Michael Brown by Flatow‚ is about a man‚ Rodney King‚ who was attacked by five officers with batons “more than 50 times” (Flatow). What were the officers’ consequences?

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