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 | | Bensonhurst (New York) Incident (1989) | | by balisunset, Sep 2, 2008 | | The widely publicized death of Yusef Hawkins, a young African American man killed by a group of whites in Bensonhurst, New York, in August 1989, created outrage across the country and severely aggravated racial tensions in New York City. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Augusta (Georgia) Riot of 1970 | | by balisunset, Sep 1, 2008 | | The Augusta (Georgia) Riot of 1970 began on the evening of May 11 and ended before dawn the next day. During the riot, six people were killed, all black men, each one shot in the back by police. In addition to those deaths, 80 people were injured, 200 were arrested, and 50 businesses in the city’s center, many owned by Augusta’s Chinese residents, were burned. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | White Flight and Black Ghettos: New Patterns of Race Riots | | by balisunset, Aug 22, 2008 | | The radicalism of the mid- to late 1960s reflected a growing acceptance of militancy in blacks. Leaders like Robert F. Williams, Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, and Stokely Carmichael called for self-defense initiatives and economic self-help for the black urban poor. | | Comments(2) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | How Do These Questions Affect You? | | by Paul Faulkenham, Aug 9, 2008 | | People are so worried about what others think of them, they ask themselves all kinds of silly questions, trying to fit in. Why bother? Just be you. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 1 |
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