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Protests, Riots and Civil Unrest
Protests are often held as peaceful demonstrations. However, during times of civil unrest, a small spark can set off a violent riot. Protests have happened all over the world, and are sometimes history-changing events.
1,369 Questions
Who killed Eugene Williams during the 1919 Chicago Race riot?
It was the "whites". He went into the white segregated part of the beach and a white man threw stones at him and a battle started between both races who were there and William hanging to rocks for too long, lost his strength and drowned.
What is the goal of Chechnyan nationalists?
The primary goal of Chechnya's revolutionary group is to gain independence for the Russian Federation.
What is the Latin phrase for 'under protest'?
The Latin equivalent of the English phrase 'under protest' is Sub recusatione. In the word-by-word translation, the preposition 'sub' means 'under'. The noun 'recusatione' means 'protest'.
Are there any pictures available from the Chicago Grant Park riot of 1968?
The newspaper archives are probably your best sources.
Was the ROTC building burned down at the Kent university protest?
Yes the ROTC building was burnt down because of protesters from Kent State University protesting war.
What is a disadvantage of a non violent protest?
Not as powerful, can have very little action going on at one time.
How did African Americans use the courts and nonviolent protest in their battle for equality?
Black folks staged many peaceful protests, such as the famous sit-ins. They also brought their fight to the legal stage and were able to pass many progressive laws.
What are the goals of Occupy Wall Street movement?
Their goal is to protest against the policies of the government of United States that is resulting in the crash of the market and increasing Unemployment in the country.
They were called the Gordon Riots.
What was the don't buy where you can't work protest?
It Ment that if you can't work there, you can't buy from there
it was a protest in which you didn't buy anything from a place where you couldn't work if you were an African-American
Were the Rebecca riots successful?
yes, if you consider the ringleaders were transported to Australia for leading a rebellion
Was George H. W. Bush an eyewitness of the la riots of 1992?
No, he actually watched the riot from the news.
What were the wilmington race riots?
They were a politically motivated attack agianst the whites and the city's leading african american citizens.
What protest methods did nelson Mandela use?
Not much more than existing - he spent most of his adult life in jail with essentially no communication to the outside. When he was released, apartheid was already about to crumble. Before his imprisonment he organised labour and student bodies to protest against apartheid.
When were the riots in bathurst New Brunswick police strike?
The police strike happened in Bathurst in 1979
What group of people actively protest Euthanasia?
US speaker of the House who resigned his congressional seat in protest of colonial expansion?
Thomas Brackett Reed
He proposed using schoolchildren in the demonstrations.
