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    Country of Origin 1965-2004

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    COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN 1965-2004: A LITERATURE REVIEW Keith Dinnie Version 2003 Accepted for Journal of Customer Behaviour Copyright © 2003 Keith Dinnie. All rights reserved. Dr Keith Dinnie Temple University Japan 4-1-27 Mita‚ Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0073 Japan Email: dinnie@tuj.ac.jp Web: www.brandhorizons.com 1 Country-of-origin 1965-2004: A literature review Introduction This paper reviews the country-of-origin literature and traces the conceptual development of the country-of-origin

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    1492 Riot in the Bahamas

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    write a deatail account of the burma road riot in nassau bahamas. The 1942 riot in nasau was a short-lived spontaneous out burst bya group or disgusted labourers and occured against a background of narrow social -economic and politial policies-gail saunders. This riot start because of a labor dispute in the bahamas. On june 1942 thousands of bahamian workers came to bay street in march of solidonity that would come to be known as the burma road riot. The riot was a result of oppression of bahamian

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    THE CRONULLA RIOTS The beachside suburb‚ known by residents as "God’s Country"‚ saw the spread of violence in a series of ethnically motivated confrontations in the week of December 11th 2005. This day saw the gathering of nearly 5000 people‚ most of Anglo Celtic background‚ some locals‚ some from other Sydney beachside suburbs such as Maroubra and Brighton‚ in order to "reclaim the beach" after two middle eastern youths attacked Cronulla lifesavers earlier in the week. The notification of the

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    Zoot suits riots

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    “Sleepy Lagoon” murder mystery and the resulting “Zoot Suit Riots” in Los Angeles ‚ playwright Luis  Valdez  weaves fact and fiction to depict the fate of 22 young Mexican Americans brought to trial for a murder they did not commit. The play has symbolic significance for Mexican Americans and tells about the riots during World War II. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder was one step in the fight for the rights and respect of Mexican American’s. This riot involved young servicemen and civilians who clashed in the

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    The Haymarket riot made a big impact all around the world. It drove people to distrust the labor Unions‚ but also violated the rights of men who were turned into martyrs by the government. This event caused much controversy‚ and is still argued about passionately to this day. During that time‚ there was also controversy over the labor unions. Many argued that they were “unAmerican” and unnecessary although the unions did ultimately reach their goals and are still helpful today. During the peaceful

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    however what ensued at Cronulla in 2005 is a smear upon our egalitarian ideals. It is in this light that the documentary sets out to explicitly highlight how fragile race relations remain in Australia’s multicultural hotpots. Though The Cronulla Riots: Day that Shocked the Nation (2013)‚ may appear to directly appeal to a narrow target audience of Sydney-siders‚ it also effectively touches the broader Australian community and provokes our perception of Australian identity. Directed by Jaya Balendra

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    Chicago Race Riots

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    Document 22-5 page 138‚ “An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot.” This document describes how race riots exploded in the summer of 1919 in almost two dozen American cities. White mobs were attacking African Americans by beating‚ shooting‚ and lynching them. After a gory riot in Chicago‚ Stanley B. Norvell‚ an African American man from Chicago wrote to the editor of the Chicago Daily News‚ Victor F. Lawson. In the letter Norvell described the whites’ ignorance of blacks‚ pointing

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    The 1965 Enactment By 1965 concerted efforts to break the grip of state disfranchisement had been under way for some time‚ but had achieved only modest success overall and in some areas had proved almost entirely ineffectual. The murder of voting-rights activists in Philadelphia‚ Mississippi‚ gained national attention‚ along with numerous other acts of violence and terrorism. Finally‚ the unprovoked attack on March 7‚ 1965‚ by state troopers on peaceful marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge

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    Voting Rights Act 1965

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    “Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act in 1965 after many years of protests and increasingly violent acts against African Americans. The Act made it a federal crime to deny a citizen the right to vote. It outlawed a number of tricks and schemes used for decades to disenfranchise African Americans.” “From the 1860s to the 1960s‚ African Americans routinely were denied the right to vote. This occurred mainly in the south‚ in the former Confederate states. But elsewhere‚ other minorities also suffered

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    Tulsa Race Riot

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    special viewing of the documentary Soundtrack for a Revolution followed up by a questions and answers segment. Before the showing‚ there was nice musical performance presented by two individuals. The performance itself gave an overview of the Tulsa Race Riot. Shortly afterwards‚ the film started. Prior to this event‚ I have the opportunity to do research on this tragedy about a year ago‚ but never had been as deeply concerned about the incident just by reading about it. The film was well put together and

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