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- 1691: Witches
- ... as interesting as witchcraft, because it confronts us with many Ideas about women. It confronts us with fears about women, the place of women in society, and with women themselves. Also, it confronts us with violence against women and how the problems of society were often blamed on women. Even though some men were executed as during periods of witch hunting, witches were generally thought of as women and most who ...
- 1692: A Society Without Knowledge!
- ... Thus, once a person has been put into a group they will remain there forever. The ignorance of society is clearly seen when one looks at Huck Finn, Jim the Slave, Pap, and the senseless violence of the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons. Many people saw Huckleberry Finn as a mischievous boy who was a bad influence to others. Society refused to accept Huck as he was and wasn't going to ...
- 1693: Political Economy Of The Ancient India
- ... Minister Nehru said, and there is darkness everywhere, yet Nehru carried on at India's helm, and, owing in part to his secular, enlightened leadership, not only did India's flood of religious hatred and violence recede but also some progress was made toward communal reconciliation and economi c development. Nehru spoke out fearlessly against India's caste-ridden and priest-ridden society, which, as a Hindu Brahman pandit, he could ...
- 1694: Black Panther Party
- ... the Black Liberation Movement, was self-defense of other blacks. This is what separated the Black Panther Party from other black organizations. In the 1960\\'s, the Black Panther Party used guns not for senseless violence, but for self-defense. They carried guns around like wallets to protect any black person that was being mistreated. They also carried guns around to protect themselves from police brutality that occurred often. The Black ...
- 1695: Mafia - A History
- ... s, pictures of a black hand were distributed to the wealthy. This was an unspoken request for an amount of money in return for protection. If the money was not paid, the recipients could expect violence such as kidnappings, bombings, and murder. By the nineteenth century, this society grew larger and more criminally oriented. In 1876, Mafia Don Rafael Palizzolo, ran for political office in Sicily. He forced the voters to ...
- 1696: Lynchings In America
- ... book entitled "Without Sanctuary", a collection of photographs from lynchings throughout America. During the course of the article, the author, Benjamin Schwarz, outlined some very interesting and disturbing facts related to this gruesome act of violence: Between 1882 and 1930, more than 3,000 people were lynched in the U.S., with approximately 80% of them taking place in the South. Though most people think only African Americans were victims of ...
- 1697: Ku Klux Klan - The History
- The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is one of America's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one master race, the KKK often uses violence and moves above the law to promote their cause. They didn't start of violent, or to promote white supremacy. They have been in the shadows for over 130 years and continue to thrive in ...
- 1698: JFK And The Warren Commission
- ... he was allowed back in1962. Despite this, he now strongly believed in communism. He began making some dangerous friends due to this and joined various left-wing political groups. Again he indicated his propensity for violence when he attempted to assassinate General Edwin Walker who was a right-wing extremist and therefore from the opposite political spectrum. If he wasn't afraid to assassinate Walker then, it was believed that he ...
- 1699: Dredd Scott Decision
- ... that it dealt an explosive opinion on an issue already prepared to erupt - slavery. Thus, many scholars assert that the Dred Scott case may have almost single-handedly ignited the ever growing slavery issue into violence, culminating ultimately into the American Civil War. It effectively brought many abolitionists and anti-slavery proponents, particularly in the North, "over the edge". BACKGROUND Dred Scott was a slave born in Virginia who early in ...
- 1700: Cowboys
- ... rebel soldiers who maintained that attitude on the trail. There was also a flood of renegades from both north and south that went to Texas. This is how Texas got a reputation for lawlessness and violence" (The Cowboys). Being a cowboy, for some, had a special status. Cowboys in the Western Plains called themselves cow punchers and thought of themselves as more important than others. "The man himself, the clothes he ...
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