2015‚ cheers erupted across America -- big businesses‚ people and even the White House shamelessly coated itself in rainbow colors to show their support of something years in the making: the legalization of same sex marriage. After years of protests‚ riots‚ campaigns‚ parades‚ mainstream activism‚ celebrity‚ political and even big business support‚ same sex marriage was legalized by the US Supreme Court in all fifty states on June 26th‚ 2015. Obergefell v. Hodges‚ the Supreme Court case that made the
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Kerrie Neal James Grubb History 111 May 3rd 2013 The BlackBerry Riots In the summer of 2011‚ the city of London‚ England was disheveled. With what started as a simple police brutality protest soon turned the city upside down with riots clustering in almost every borough. Parliament abruptly returned from their summer holidays to quickly address the chaos dismantling their city’s wellbeing. Just under 2‚000 riot related arrests were made by the Metropolitan police and just under 4‚000 throughout
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Outline I. Introduction pg. 3 II. Riot Beginnings pg. 3 -4 III. Statistics pg. 4-5 IV. Lives Changed pg. 5-6 V. Reparations pg 6-7 VI. References pg. 8 Introduction The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was a dark time in the history of Oklahoma. It all began with a simple misunderstanding‚ but had catastrophic consequences. Homes and businesses were destroyed‚ many African
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Unfortunately‚ it was accompanied by the largest mass migration in human history of around ten million people. An estimated one million civilians died in the accompanying riots‚ particularly in the western region of Punjab which was split into two by the border. During the fateful months of August and September‚ 1947‚ the communal riots flared up on a very large scale in both the Punjabs. It is estimated by some British writers that about two lakhs were killed in the East and West Punjab. Thousands of
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late at night June 14th‚ 1994‚ Vancouver‚ Canada. 70‚000 angry‚ rioting canadians takes to the street. Policemen try to calm the angry mob down and disperse them‚ but to no avail. Stores on streets have their windows smashed‚ goods stolen‚ and the riot police are called onto the scene. The authorities only able to disperse the mob the following morning. Two hundred injuries are reported and 1.58 million dollars of damage was done. You might be asking why this great social unrest happened. An unfair
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Apreala Tari The novel "Little Scarlet" written by Walter Mosley. According to P16‚ riots is one symptom of disease that infected the city‚ a virus that made people unafraid of consequences of standing up for themselves ‚ a week of fight with bottles and rocks. Riot was one way that change the city and made the people temerity. The theme of my essay is how riot brought courage to the black people and vicissitude the society . Firstly‚ a police traffic stop in the watts area
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What was the influence of social network services in the development and the organization of the London riots? From the 6th to the 10th of August‚ the UK suffered from clashes with the police‚ rioting‚ arsons and lootings which spread from London across the country resulting in five deaths and 1500 arrests and a lot of accusations towards social media. The initial riot began as a response to the death of Mark Duggan‚ who had been fatally shot by special police forces two days earlier in Tottenham
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Pussi Riot Who are they? Eccentric teenagers who wanted to become famous by their amoral behavior‚ glorified protestants against the totalitarian regime of Putin who successfully managed to attract attention of whole European society to the problems of dictation in Russia or Putin’s action against opposition? The minds split. One group of people believes that behavior of this girls was well-planned anti-Putin’s action‚ which should attract attention by its scandalousness. If it is‚ we can surely
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2004 IPCS Research Papers Communal Riots in India A Chronology (1947-2003) B Rajeshwari -0- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Communal Riots in India A Chronology (1947-2003) B Rajeshwari Communal riots have become a distinct feature of communalism in India. Whenever conflicting groups from two different religions‚ which are self –conscious communities‚ clash‚ it results in a communal riot. An event is identified as a communal riot if (a) there is violence‚ and (b) two or
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The author should use stronger evidence to prove that geography is another determinant for riots to occur at particular places. In the article‚ the author used statistical evidence describing the neighborhoods as the poorest and most deprived areas‚ using the multiple deprivation map and research from Alex Singleton as a source. However‚ the author should describe these impoverished areas in-depth. For instance‚ the author should explain the average household income‚ the poverty rate‚ the crime rate
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