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[35] [36] The book The Hardhat Riot wrote of the riot that it was the day when the Old Left attacked the New Left, because "two liberalisms collided that day, presaging the long Democratic civil war ahead", and that the riot and demonstrations after captured the "era when FDR’s everyman first turned against the liberalism that once had ...
Peter Joseph Brennan (May 24, 1918 – October 2, 1996) was an American labor activist and politician who served as United States Secretary of Labor from February 2, 1973, until March 15, 1975, in the administrations of Presidents Nixon and Ford.
The Straw Hat Riot of 1922 was a riot that occurred in New York City at the end of summer as a result of unwritten rules in men's fashions at the time, and a tradition of taunting people who had failed to stop wearing straw hats after autumn began.
1970 — Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, New York City; 1970 — Jackson State killings, May 14—15, two killed, Jackson, Mississippi; 1970 — Stoneman Meadow Riot, July 4, 1970, Yosemite, California; 1970 — 1970 Asbury Park race riots, July 4—10, Asbury Park, New Jersey; 1970 — 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24—27, Royal Oak ...
Pages in category "1970 riots" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Hard Hat Riot; J. Jackson State killings; K. Koza riot; P.
John Hetherington... was arraigned before the Lord Mayor yesterday on a charge of breach of the peace and inciting to riot, and was required to give bonds in the sum of £500 [b] [for having] appeared upon the public highway wearing upon his head what he called a silk hat... a tall structure, having a shiny lustre, and calculated to frighten ...
He criticized the police department for its actions during the Hard Hat Riot in 1970, and ordered an investigation which resulted in the creation of a forty-five page report. [ 53 ] During Lindsay's administration a $1.3 million police communications center, which reduced emergency call times by half, was created and the emergency dial number ...
John Vliet Lindsay (/ v l iː t /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer.During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president.