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… 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 …

… spark that emboldened the people’s movement to overthrow King Louis XVI. … Mircea Platon … Europe … Civil/Human …

… 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; …

… Seeger. … Fossey replaced a fallacious stereotype of a King Kong-like, violent gorilla with an almost idealized …

… From Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of … of have a minor shift. But they mostly discuss the sort of assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, as providing a …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… most vividly symbolized by  the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose 1968 killing in Memphis provoked rebellions …

… class often determining the religion of the state. Before Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church doors of … to re-Catholicize the territory by Ferdinand II, Habsburg King and Emperor. Consequently, the predominantly Protestant …

… monuments memorializing the heroes of their conquests, working to promote stories about the past that legitimize their … The Reformation Statuary in the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Utrecht. The heads of these saints were … the Ten Commandments’ restriction of idolatry. After Martin Luther initiated what would become the Protestant …

… by Harold Macmillan, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, during his “Wind of Change” speech on February 3, … on the incomplete process of decolonization, as in famed Martiniquais poet Aimé Césaire’s play A Season in the Congo … Africa and its diaspora. Kwame Nkrumah and Martin Luther King Jr in Ghana. Throughout the 1960s , Civil Rights …

… down. When an assassin fired at him in 1954, Nasser was speaking at Manshiya Square in the Mediterranean city of … struggle with Egypt’s military government, which was seeking to eliminate its political opponents one by one. From … to move against him. Nasser’s speech during the failed assassination attempt was soon broadcast by radio throughout …

… Well, those great figures of American history are really taking it on the chin this time–and from an unlikely source, … War, and of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King, Jr., all supported by NHPRC, are to be found in …

… senior senator from South Carolina. "Longevity," as Martin Luther King said, "has its place." It is due some respect. Or Lott …

… housing, education, and welfare as the remedy for riots. Looking back on that report, Stephen Gillon argues in Separate … findings, cities erupted in rage over the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. The real novelty of Separate and Unequal …