Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...death on Feb. 4 by New York Police Department (NYPD) officers. His death is only the latest in a series of police brutality cases over the last year, but it serves to remind us all the more of the fine line between enforcing "law and order" and destroying civil liberties...
...anything, Diallo's death is an indication that lower crime rates have come at a great price. Civil liberties and, more importantly, out fundamental human rights are being sacrificed for the sake of "law and order...
...would we respond to this civil unrest? Would we unite in the face of common danger or selfishly cowering in our bunkers? Maybe President Clinton would deliver a moving speech to the world from an air force base off the Gulf Coast--with or without a soundtrack...
...championship game between St. Augustine and Jesuit that took place in 1965. Writer Harold Sylvester played in that game, and St. Augustine's star player, Travis Porter, is based on his experiences (see accompanying interview). Sylvester's connection to the story gives Passing Glory a local, personal feel--the Civil Rights movement as seen through a vignette of New Orleans history...
...injustice of segregation pervades every scene in Passing Glory. While the film is very much about race, however, its perspective on the problem of inequality is more nuanced than is often the case in stories about the Civil Rights movement. The frustration felt by Travis' family and blacks in New Orleans is palpable, but it is tempered with the realization that safety requires them to eschew radical forms of protest. Passing Glory also highlights the struggle within Catholic Church against racial injustice. In one of the opening scenes, Father Grant announces that the Louisiana High School Athletic Association has again...