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… know it today emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom at the end of the nineteenth century from a variety … Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem about an Acadian girl seeking her lover after they were separated during the forced … The show ends, just as Elisabeth’s real life did, with her assassination at the hands of an Italian anarchist…. and …

… France were jolted from their sleep when a bomb exploded, taking the roof off of room #19 and ending the life of Marx … to find out. And so begins Brunelle and Finley-Croswhite’s Assassination in Vichy , like any good tale of murder and … of the right-wing terrorist organization, the Cagoule. Assassination in Vichy , then, is more than a history of the …

… the commemoration for the hundred-year anniversary of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.   Patrick Potyondy   In a … what happened. Austro-Hungarian rule ended and Yugoslav Kingdom emerged.   Patrick Potyondy   In considering this … moving forward, I think was pretty salient in terms of speaking to the contemporary, general political situation in …

… charged in the beating of African American motorist Rodney King on April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted in a firestorm … Press, 2007) Cannon, Lou.  Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD  … charged in the beating of African American motorist Rodney King on April 29, 1992, Los Angeles erupted in a firestorm …

… my daughter’s first-grade class celebrated the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. at her elementary school in our small Midwestern …

… LA 92, directed by Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin "We have to do with the past only as we can make it … the documentary. Oscar-winning directors Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin endeavored to create a film that explored Los Angeles … efforts in L.A. Lindsay and Martin begin the film by looking back thirty years to the Watts Rebellion that took …

… of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), Martin Luther King, Jr. (president of the Southern Christian Leadership …

… this landscape, Leo XIII deplored the conditions of the working class as “a yoke little better than that of slavery … Pope Leo is not the first Augustinian to make history.  Martin Luther was a devout Augustinian in 1517, when he hammered …

… territories in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the New World, making them the most powerful country in Christendom. Of all … the important Spanish possessions were poorly defended, making it difficult to determine where Morgan's men would … and The Battle for the Caribbean , by Peter Earle (St. Martin's Press '07, $25.95, 292 pages, ISBN #0-312-36142-4; …

… spark that emboldened the people’s movement to overthrow King Louis XVI. …

… From Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of … conversations we had discussed, of course, figures such as Martin Luther King, for instance, are being as prominent as he was …

… charged in the beating of African American motorist Rodney King to a packed courtroom on April 29, 1992, Los Angeles … crisis . On March 3, 1991, four LAPD officers beat Rodney King using aluminum batons and Tasers. Unbeknownst to the … the 1970s and 1980s. George Holliday's footage of Rodney King being beaten by police in 1991 ( left ), and King's …

… out the sentence less than two years later. (Right): The Assassination of Alexander II, drawn by G. Broling in 1881. … reform and modernization of Russia’s state and economy. His assassination all but ended this program and resulted in a … state  there, detonated a bomb in the basement of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.  The hotel was the …

… over the course of the history of Western civilization. King Ashurnasirpal II wore the beard of a warrior king, … far more tangled.  Influential figures like Henry VIII and Martin Luther grew defiantly powerful beards only to have their …

… Previously on Prologued … Michelle Paranzino So if we're talking about declaring “war” on drugs, I would say the War on … Drugs begins with the Nixon administration. But if we're looking at the creation of a prohibitionist legal regime, and a … during the era of European colonial domination. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia I would actually submit that the war on …

… Sobaek Mountain mark the former borders between the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. The trails … Founded in 676 CE by Great Monk Uisang upon the order of King Munmu of the Silla Kingdom, the temple remains active today. With more than …

… "Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white kids came down and saved the … moment on, African Americans looked to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., for leadership and direction.  King inspired …

… Sampson was arrested for attempting to kill Scotland’s King James VI, and his bride, Princess Anne of Denmark, … is particularly significant for historians because the same King James VI of Scotland who was personally involved in Agnes Sampson’s trial would soon become king of England, as James I, where he established the Stuart …

… rights March on Washington led by A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King, Jr., fixed our positive impression of such …

… laid out historical claims to the territory of Ukraine, walking through a specious reading of history beginning with … war, and thus we need to understand the history he is talking about in order to correct Putin’s false claims that … it is turned into shows such as “Game of Thrones” and “Vikings,” but that of eastern Europe rarely registers on the …

… Russia, Savinkov was responsible for several spectacular assassinations, including the Governor General of Moscow, … and a published Silver Age author. A sketch of the assassination of Grand Duke Sergei, 1905. To Break Russia’s … point: Savinkov’s plans never seemed to succeed. The SR assassinations did not bring revolutionary change, nor did …

… in judging how the American people’s attitudes have been taking shape for decades.   Polls released in October suggest … many voters were willing to make the “dream” that Martin Luther King Jr. described in a memorable speech 45 years ago …

… of despotism, is taken by the statue of the benevolent king Louis XVI in this engraving. Louis XVI was indeed … from food shortages and the weight of taxes used to pay King Louis XVI’s vast debts. And they found themselves in … which was stored in the Bastille. In this painting , the King (the lion) is constitutionally tamed, while the First …