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Urban Riots
Urban Riots 1960s RIOTS: THE UNITED STATES THE FRENCH RIOTS OF 2005 BIBLIOGRAPHY A riot happens whenever a crowd engages in collective violence such as beatings, murder, looting, or arson. Riots are far more likely to occur in urban than in rural areas because the density of population... Read more |
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Food riots
FOOD RIOTS FOOD RIOTS. From the sixteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century Europe witnessed increasingly widespread food rioting. These riots pitted vulnerable consumers against producers and merchants, and both sides invoked protection and support from their rulers. As part of a broad and... Read more |
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Demetrius
Demetrius in the New Testament. 1 Silversmith of Ephesus who stirred up a riot against Paul. 2 Disciple commended in Third John.... Read more |
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Riot
RIOT A disturbance of the peace by several persons, assembled and acting with a common intent in executing a lawful or unlawful enterprise in a violent and turbulent manner. Riot, rout, and unlawful assembly are related offenses, yet they are separate and distinct. A rout differs from a riot in... Read more |
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Riot Act
Riot Act, 1715. The Riot Act (1 Geo. I s. 2 c. 5) was hastily passed in July 1715 by a Whig Parliament to deal with the threat of Jacobite insurrection. It provided that, if twelve or more persons, tumultuously assembled, refused to disperse within one hour of a magistrate reading a proclamation,... Read more |
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Shawfield riots
Shawfield riots, 1725. After the Union of 1707 taxation policy remained a delicate matter in Scotland. The imposition of the malt tax on Scotland by exasperated Tories in 1712 provoked a determined attempt at repeal of the Union and it was not levied. In 1724 a move to raise revenue by 3 pence on... Read more |
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Riots
RIOTS RIOTS. Though they usually involve spontaneous, wanton violence or disorder by an anonymous crowd, riots have also served as a noteworthy form of social protest in American history. While the American Revolution made popular revolt a "quasi-legitimate" aspect of American culture, the ideals... Read more |
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Los Angeles race riots
LOS ANGELES RIOTS LOS ANGELES RIOTS, an uprising that occurred in May 1992 following the acquittal of four white police officers in the 1991 beating of Rodney King, a black man who had led Los Angeles police on a high-speed automobile chase. The beating was videotaped by a bystander and broadcast... Read more |
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Black Thursday
BLACK THURSDAY (1978) tunisian riots between government forces and striking workers over a sagging economy. On 26 January 1978, demonstrations organized by the Union G Read more |
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Bristol riots
Bristol riots, 1831. The rejection of Grey's second Reform Bill by the House of Lords was greeted by widespread demonstrations and rioting. Bristol had a reputation for disorder and the riots there were as much against an oligarchical corporation as against the Lords' action. The flash-point was a... Read more |
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Stonewall
Stonewall2 a gay bar in Greenwich Village where in 1969 those present responded violently to a police raid; the riot has subsequently been commemorated annually during Gay Pride week in June. |
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gay rights activism
...legal discrimination on the grounds of sexual preference. Concerted gay activism originated in the USA, where the “Stonewall Riots”, which took place in New York in 1969, saw the gay community react against sustained police brutality. The work... |
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Johnson, Lyndon Baines
...22 Jan. 1973). 36th US President, 1963–9 Born in Stonewall, Texas, into a moderately wealthy family, he trained at a local...achievement, however, contrasted with growing urban and ethnic riots, the radicalization of Black politics, and inflation. Most... |
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The Promise of Stonewall.(Stonewall Riot, New York, New York, 1969)(Brief...
...past June was the thirtieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots. And Stonewall, the building, did receive recognition in the...about the drag queens, who helped start the Stonewall riots (like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera... |
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After Stonewall. (riot at the Stonewall bar in New York, New York, June 27,...
...the violence. And yet the Stonewall Riot must count as a transformative...emerged from the closet. Stonewall became a metaphor for emergence...of the anniversary of the riots memorializes an act of legitimization...more appropriate. Although ... |
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Stonewall riot helped everyone tired of being snooped on. (Originated from...
...1969 uprising at Manhattan's Stonewall Inn came to be remembered as a...plainly reach much farther. The Stonewall riot, at its core, was a rebellion...sensibilities of the powerful: In post-Stonewall America, the government may not... |
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Radio 2 exclusively presents Stonewall: The Riots That Triggered The Gay...
...exclusively presents Stonewall: The Riots That Triggered...community and riot police in the...month after the riots and soon became...mental illness. Stonewall: The Riots That...Introducing. Stonewall: The ... |
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Stonewall Riot in New York City Commemmorated
...with the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riot, which is considered the beginning...predicted a million people for the Stonewall march. City officials said it...commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. The ... |
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40 Years Later, Stonewall Riots Remembered
...28-2009 40 Years Later, Stonewall Riots Remembered Host: GUY RAZTime...police raid on a bar called The Stonewall Inn sparked riots that ignited...and now: at the time of the Stonewall riots, you could get arrested for... |
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Stonewall rebel reflects 40 years after NYC riots
...Castro was a regular at The Stonewall Inn in 1969, finding it a...gay pride events to mark the riots' 40th anniversary, while...Petersburg, is far removed from Stonewall. But his name surfaced in...There are many witnesses to the Stonewall ... |
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`STONEWALL' MORE ABOUT SPIRIT THAN RIOTS.(What's Happening)(Review)
...point of departure, but the riots are only a backdrop for the...producer Christine Vachon. ``Stonewall'' is nothing if not affecting...winds his way down to the Stonewall Inn, a dumpy little tavern...story's development, ``Stonewall'' culminates in the ... |
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Almost everywhere is touched by the Stonewall riots now
...years since the start of a riot for freedom in a small tavern...against corrupt cops. The Stonewall Tavern was a Greenwich Village...smashed their way into the Stonewall. The historian Martin Duberman...untouched by the spirit of Stonewall - and terrified, ... |
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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY TO SHOW FILM ON GAY COMMUNITY BEFORE STONEWALL RIOTS
...on the history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots. "Before Stonewall," released in 1984, is part of WVU's Brown...m. to 1 p.m. in the Gluck Theatre. The Stonewall riots occurred at the Stonewall Inn in New ... |
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