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The Kilvenmani massacre (or Keezhvenmani massacre) was an incident in Kizhavenmani village, Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu state in India on 25 December 1968 [1] in which a group of around 44 people, the families of striking Dalit village labourers, were murdered by a gang, allegedly led by their landlords. [2]
The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, [1] anti-war sentiment, civil rights urgency, youth counterculture within the silent and baby boomer generations, and popular rebellions against military states and bureaucracies.
The album contained five new tracks and three cuts from the second Zone album, One For All. George Newcom died from a heart attack on July 1, 2010, in Red Bluff, California. He was 63 years old. [6] Trombonist Pat O'Hara later worked with Buddy Miles on Cold Blood and others, and died in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
On August 27, 1960, a group of approximately 200 white men, some of whom were thought to have Ku Klux Klan affiliations, gathered in Hemming Park armed with baseball bats and ax handles. [5] They attacked the protesters conducting sit-ins. The violence spread, and the white mob started attacking all black people in sight.
In 1968, Grushecky and a young lady were involved in a fender bender, and then struck by a drunk driver. The lady died. “I stated dreaming about how everything changed for me,” said Grushecky ...
A group of black organizations in Miami called for “a mass rally of concerned Black people,” to take place on August 7, 1968, at the Vote Power building in Liberty City, a black neighborhood. Sponsors were the Vote Power League , the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Student ...
Senator Robert F. Kennedy, campaigning for president in 1968 "On the Mindless Menace of Violence" [a] is a speech given by United States Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. He delivered it in front of the City Club of Cleveland at the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther ...
The term ghetto riots, also termed ghetto rebellions, race riots, or negro riots refers to a period of widespread urban unrest and riots across the United States in the mid-to-late 1960s, largely fueled by racial tensions and frustrations with ongoing discrimination, even after the passage of major Civil Rights legislation; highlighting the issues of racial inequality in Northern cities that ...