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- 1521: Christianity In The New World
- ... the origin of tax, of out giving them alms; of trial through the grabbing of cacao money, of trial by blowgun; stomping the people; violent removal; forced debt, debt created by false testimony; petty litigation, harassment, violent removal; the collaboration with the Spaniards on the part of the priests, . . .and all the while the mistreated were further maltreated...but it will happen that tears will come to the eyes of God ...
- 1522: American Indian Wars
- ... Pano Creek, where 100s of Indians swarmed over Fettterman and his troops and wiped them out. Fetterman’s massacre was not a major engagement, but it was like an exclamation point in the war of harassment that Red Cloud had pursued and would continue to press for months to come. All the whites in the east and west wanted peace, but Red Cloud would not grant it. The Sioux Chief demanded ...
- 1523: Aquinas’ Fifth Way Of Proving
- ... the modern world with a large home, bank account, an extensive education, a closely knit family and countless friends and colleagues. On the other hand, to gain these things he has been the center of sexual scandal subject to embarrassing public scrutinies into his personal affairs. Further, he himself has inflicted much disappointment, pain and suffering on his loved ones. One would guess he is not a happy man. Hume summarizes ...
- 1524: Vietnam War
- ... did the number of critics in Congress and the media. A ban on picketing the White House was recommended. Instead, President Johnson and later Nixon combated the picketers through a variety of legal and illegal harassment, including limiting their numbers in certain venues and demanding letter-perfect permits for every activity. (Gettleman, 67). The picketers were a constant battle, which the presidents could never claim total victory. By 1967, US military ...
- 1525: Civil Rights
- ... black members in their delegation to the Democratic National Convention of 1964, Hamer and others went to the convention to challenge the white Democrats' right to represent Mississippi. In a televised interview, Hamer detailed the harassment and abuse experienced by black Mississippians when they tried to register to vote. Her testimony attracted much media attention, and President Johnson was upset by the disturbance at the convention where he expected to be ...
- 1526: Airika
- ... in slavery. People often chose their own partners, lived under the same roof, raised children together, and protected each other. Brutal treatment at the hands of slaveholders, however, threatened black family life. Enslaved women experienced sexual exploitation at the hands of slaveholders and overseers. Bondspeople lived with the constant fear of being sold away from their loved ones, with no chance of reunion. Historians estimate that most bondspeople were sold at ...
- 1527: Black Panthers
- ... with blacks across the country, especially in the inner cities of the north. The Panthers were able to organize and unite these blacks. This alarmed the federal government. They instituted many controversial, illegal programs of harassment, infiltration, and instigation which led to the deaths of many Panthers. From their inception, the Black Panthers were treated with disdain and contempt. The Panthers wrote out a platform called “What We Want, What We ...
- 1528: Historical Analysis On 1920s
- ... and the rhythms of jazz music can be heard in much of his poetry. In several of Langston Hughes's poems, he expresses sociopolitical protests. He portrayed people whose lives were impacted by racism and sexual conflicts, he wrote about southern violence, Harlem street life, poverty, prejudice, hunger, and hopelessness. These great minds of the Harlem Renaissance will eternally live on in the proud history of African-Americans. In 1915, the ...
- 1529: Crazyhorse
- ... away the Sioux’s greatest religious ceremony. General Sherman, never known as an Indian lover, said a reservation was “a parcel of land inhabited by Indians and surrounded by thieves” (Matthiessen 17). This type of harassment did not stop. In 1887 the General Allotment Act (the Dawes Act) was passed. This Act was designed to assist the Indians to mainstream into America. Each male Indian was given 160 acres of land ...
- 1530: Medieval Chivalry
- ... these romantic stories originated in England, and most of them were later translated into English. Some of these stories include Floris and Blauncheflur, William of Palerne, and Lancelot. The appeal of these stories was the sexual relationship as a way to achieve a sense of self. William Marshall was one of the most experienced knights in France during the reign of Henry II. Marshall became a tutor to Henry's son ...
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