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The Augusta Riot was a collective rebellion of Black citizens in Augusta, Georgia, and the largest urban uprising in the Deep South during the Civil Rights era.Fueled by long-simmering grievances about racial injustice, it was sparked by White officials’ stonewalling in the face of Black citizens’ demand for answers about the beating death of Black teenager Charles Oatman.
He said Lewis's view of the anti-cult movement, followed by most of the authors in the book, was "narrow", but that in his view many other writers in the volume escaped this view; he wished that the book had included scholars such as Janja Lalich, Benjamin Zablocki, and Stephen A. Kent to provide more contrasting voices to the volume. Szimhart ...
The protests have been met with a violent police crackdown as the ruling party and thousands of protesters become locked in a deepening battle over the country’s future and whether Georgia ...
Freedom of religions in Georgia is provided for by the country's constitution, laws, and policies. In practice, the Georgian government generally respects religious freedom; however, the Georgian Orthodox Church enjoys a privileged status in terms of legal and tax matters, involvement in public schools, and property disputes. There have been ...
The protests in Georgia have highlighted the country's complex, fraught relationship with its much larger neighbor to the north, Russia. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and it continues to occupy ...
Rioting occurred after the arrest of activist Stokely Carmichael, resulting in 1 death and 3 injured. [4] 1987 November 23 – December 3 Atlanta prison riots: Approximately 1,400 Cuban inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, participated in a prison riot over fear of deportation to Cuba. One inmate died during the riot. [5] 2020
“Reminiscent of the anti-war and civil rights protests on college campuses in the 1960s and 70s, today's student protesters have a First Amendment right to protest against what they see as ...
Christians have had diverse attitudes towards violence and nonviolence over time. Both currently and historically, there have been four attitudes towards violence and war and four resulting practices of them within Christianity: non-resistance, Christian pacifism, just war, and preventive war (Holy war, e.g., the Crusades). [1]