Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The three winners are Bernard Bailyn, Winthrop Professor of History, for The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution; Henry Allen Bullock of Texas Southern University for A History of Negro Education in the South from 1619 to the Present; and Richard L. Bushman '53 of Brigham Young University for From...
Despite Stokely's call to arms, a number of major cities remained relatively quiet: New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Los Angeles and Milwaukee, among others. In all of them, black militants were the most influential peacemakers. Watts's Ron Karenga, abrasive boss of "US," a black nationalist outfit, supported...
As special enforcers, Castro used his "Committees for the Defense of the Revolution," numbering more than 2,000,000 members. Railing against "parasites, speculators, lumpen and laggards," C.D.R. members closed down private shops and decided which should be reopened under government ownership. To whip up national interest, the Ministry of...
It is undeniable that all through history, violence has been the chief means of social reform. Even primitive Christians, proclaiming love, destroyed pagan temples to dramatize their cause. The Boston Tea Party had the same purpose. The 13th century King John's Magna Carta illustrated the oldest inducement for...
The Revolution, a prime example, was followed by farmer uprisings over debts and taxes-the Shay and Whisky rebellions. In the mid-1800s, the nativist Know-Nothings fought rising Irish political power by killing Roman Catholics, burning churches and ultimately controlling 48% of the House of Representatives. In 1863, the...