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- 1721: Abraham Lincoln
- ... and enterprise. Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built." The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume VII, "Reply to New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association" (March 21, 1864), pp. 259-260. "The dogmas of the quiet ...
- 1722: ASSATA Shakur
- ... there can be a revolution, in my mind probably for the worst, nevertheless, a struggle for liberation. The thought of a liberation could stand worthy to the ones fighting for it, however the amount of violence and damage our society could experience would amount worse overly. In my opinion, simply the fact of having such revolutionary groups lessens the government's authority. They know that people are watching their moves, and ...
- 1723: American Reconstruction
- ... the blacks improved only slightly. The Reconstruction governments also failed to win enough support from Southern whites to survive without aid from the North. Most Southern whites considered these governments illeagal, and some whites used violence to prevent blacks from voting. The South suffered from economic inequality, mainly caused by sharecropping. With the lack of economic power,the African Americans lost political power as well. Most of them still worked for ...
- 1724: Allen Ginsberg
- ... period. The 1960’s were a period when people started to become aware of government doings. This led the people who disapproved to protest. Ginsberg led protesters at the 1968 Democratic Convention with chants against violence. Ginsberg was a truly and simply free soul. He refused to deny himself or be embarrassed about anything. Ginsberg despised the straight, normal world dominated by money, machinery and war. Ginsberg also believed in free ...
- 1725: Obidiah
- ... Obadiah in this sense, ¡§you stood by on the day of your brother¡¦s captivity; and rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction .¡¨ Edom has displeased God by their consistent violence and hatred for their brother Jacob. Now Yahweh¡¦s judgement is passed, and there is no hope of restoration. This seems very contrary to the promise God gave Abraham in Genesis 17:7-9. Would ...
- 1726: Origins Of Distrust Between Th
- ... the Jewish people”(Field 44). Even though it didn’t create a Jewish state, the Balfour Declaration set the framework. The British government was now obliged to support Zionism. Since 1919 till the present day, violence has been breaking out in Israel due to the immigration of Jews into Palestine. Later, the Jews began to mount attacks on the British when they recommended quotas on Jewish immigration. In 1929, there was ...
- 1727: Was Andrew Jackson A Good Pres
- ... of John Calhoun, leader of forces trying to rid themselves of a high protective tariff. When South Carolina assumed to nullify the tariff, Jackson ordered armed forces to Charleston and privately threatened to hang Calhoun. Violence seemed imminent until Clay negotiated a compromise tariffs were lowered and South Carolina dropped nullification (Jackson, Seventh President 1829-1837). Jackson never liked the Indians, and his attitude toward them was clear. He wanted them ...
- 1728: Vietnam War
- ... Kent State tragedy ignited a nationwide campus disaster. Between May 4 and May 8, campuses experienced an average of 100 demonstrations a day, 350 campus strikes, 536 colleges shut down, and 73 colleges reported significant violence in their protests. On that weekend, 100,000 people gathered to protest in Washington. By May 12, over 150 colleges were on strike (VN H. and P.) Many of Nixon's activities during the second ...
- 1729: Unity Amid Diversity
- ... to prevail with everyone. Another significant act of protest occurred on Sunday, September 16, 1963. This was different from the nonviolent protests put together by the Negroes of the south. This was an act of violence against them by the white people. It was “Youth Day” at the 16th Street Baptist Church on the ill-fated Sunday morning. The Negro congregation was crowded with about 400 adults and 80 children. Suddenly ...
- 1730: Containment Policy
- ... World and controlled its allies in Europe, while the Soviet rulers kept an iron grip on their own internal empire and their satellites in Eastern Europe -- each side using the other to justify repression and violence in its own domains. The” space race” was the direct result of the Policy of Containment . The Americans simply had to beat the Russians to the moon. The Russians had beaten the Americans into space ...
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