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… ( bottom left ). Clergy and other counter-protesters linking arms against protesters during the rally ( bottom … the nation civil rights legislation, and the same year that Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” at …

… to Duty." In fact, the tragedy was of the engineer's making, caused by his own arrogant risk-taking. But the legend … valiant heroes from the Casey Jones mold, figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Edmund Hillary or the first …

… the Nigerian government. First Lady Michelle Obama making a plea for the return of the Chibok girls, 2014 “[We] … he said. “All those with turbans [Muslim rulers] looking for opportunities to smear us, they are all infidels.” … the 13 th century Kanem-Borno was one of the most extensive kingdoms in sub-Saharan Africa. During this time, Islamic …

… or NCAA. In addition to completing the monumental  King Era Trilogy , Branch has published  The Cartel: Inside … that it might cause. Very few people spoke directly to Martin Luther King and said, "I disagree with you on principle for …

… A good starting point for those seeking to better understand Greenland is Niviaq Korneliussen’s … in search of valuable whale oil for lamp fuel and soapmaking. Through flag-planting efforts, diplomatic missions, … present-day Nuuk to convert the lost Catholic Vikings to Lutheranism. When there were none, he established a mission, …

… Wars cannot be fully understood without also explicitly linking it to events in Europe, Mikaberidze begins his work … certain regions, Mikaberidze does some occasional backtracking. This structure works relatively well. Mikaberidze … of how they affected the rest of the world in a breathtakingly wide span of case studies ranging from Chile to Japan …

… other major world pilgrimages, the hajj is obligatory. In making the pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest city—Muhammad’s … industry (hajj revenues are 3% of GDP) and a mass event the kingdom must oversee at enormous cost. Last year the Saudis … posts a consul in Jeddah to help French nationals making the hajj. The most recent consul, a convert named Lewis …

… part of a Germanic tradition of anti Judaism that included Martin Luther, it is very clear that they were products of … tries to dance around these issues, implying things but making no hard claims. For example, she states: One cannot …

… Lyndon B. Johnson, became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. To be sure, Johnson often … Nixon and Humphrey and indeed every vice president after Martin Van Buren in 1836.  Dan Quayle met with Bush …

… his kinship with Muhammad and his service to Islam. 'Ali's assassination in 661 represented the continuation of a … and in the following year arranged for the enthronement of King Faysal, the son of Sharif Husayn of Mecca, as King of Iraq. Not until 2003 did Iraqi Shi'i religious …

… became involved in the Civil Rights Movement while working at the YWCA in Harlem, New York. It was there that she … with Height joining historic demonstrations with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, including the 1963 March on Washington. In …

… is co-editor of the first two volumes of The Papers of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … Ralph E. …

… Katherine Borland , to learn why so many Hondurans are seeking refuge in the U.S., the political, economic, and social …   Brenna Miller  So why exactly now is the U.S. thinking about ending the temporary protected status?   … right now.   Professor Dana Frank  And a lot of those assassinations were committed by the Battalion 3-16, and …

… Ohio Senator John Sherman put it, "If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of … competition from the new, more efficient chain stores, by making it illegal to discount prices. By the 1980s America was …

… mission statement. And so that's where I began with a rethinking of what the mission statement for the museum might be. … in different kinds of ways, someone who was really close to Martin Luther King, and along with modern U.S.  scholars, people …

… see von Humboldt as the founding figure of ecological thinking. Von Humboldt, for example, recognized that the falling … in von Humboldt's work: J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace Melville and John Muir. Of the three, … remarkable autobiographer, regarded his friend Clarence King as the greatest figure of his generation. In the …

… are often musicals but can also lack any music at all. Picking a “Top Ten” list from such a diverse category is a … ten years after India’s independence from the United Kingdom. This was an era in which Hindi cinema highlighted … a courtesan Anaar Kali (Madhubala). Prithviraj Kapoor plays King Akbar, the father of prince Salim, who opposes the …

… FBI files on those he considered subversive, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Historically, when the dust has settled the United …

… a dangerous majority , a fate perhaps worse than rule by a king. A republic, on the other hand, offered the perfect … not gain traction until Progressive reformers started speaking out against the elitism and corruption endemic to the … states with histories of voter discrimination from making new voting laws without federal approval, is …

… it gradually took over cells in the immune system, hijacking CD4 cells to make new copies of the virus before … colonial claims ( center ). A 1905 caricature of Belgian King Leopold II with his earnings from the Congo Free State … led to a widespread campaign against the Belgian King Leopold II’s murderous reign in the Congo. European …

… in Matthew 16:18, from whom Peter is given the “keys to the kingdom of heaven.”  Unfortunately, very little of this … deaths and an eight-year papal schism.   Ultimately, the king of Italy weighed in to end the conflict. He picked … Roman Emperor Henry IV at Canossa, where the excommunicated king lay on the snow at Gregory’s feet seeking absolution. …

… among them the abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, many jailed addicts welcome the Nation of …

… Realizing they had lost their independence, the Ndebele kingdom, under King Lobengula, declared war against the British, initiating … in 1951. The NLHA resulted in compulsory livestock destocking and downsizing of land owned by Africans to avoid …

… now been initiated. But even as classical historians are working harder than ever to debunk the use of classical history … the racist origins of their own field, however, when Martin Bernal began publishing the controversial … multi-volume work Black Athena in 1987. The first volume of Martin Bernal’s 1987  Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of …