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Tag Archives: Riots
1967: Alice in Wonderland
The 1967 report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders opens with a now-famous conclusion: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white–separate and unequal.” The closing of the report is less well known: One of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Alice, Chicago, Civil Rights, Detroit, Film, Harlem, Kenneth B. Clark, New York City, Riots, USA
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1966: A Riot is the Language of the Unheard
Martin Luther King, Jr. on “60 Minutes,” September 27, 1966.
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1908: Work or Riot
On October 15, 1908, an Irish clerk and ex-soldier named Wallace Brandford Collins ordered a throng of unemployed men and women in Hyde Park to riot at the British Museum. Collins was described as a man of powerful physique who … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Great Britain, Labor, London, Museums, Poverty, Rebellion, Riots, Wallace Brandford Collins
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1831: Bristol Burns
W. J. Müller: Bristol Burns (1831) Arising from the House of Lords’s rejection of a bill that would have increased representation in the House of Commons, the 1831 Bristol Riots were part of the long struggle for democracy in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1830's, 19th Century, Activism, Art, Democracy, Fire, Great Britain, Painting, Riots, Voting Rights, W. J. Müller
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