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The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. [1] The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919.
This category is for articles about well-known photographs of protests, protesters, or people responding to protests. Pages in category "Photographs of protests" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Edward Crawford, a St. Louis resident who was the subject of an iconic photo epitomizing the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, is dead. Crawford was photographed throwing a flaming tear gas ...
The Prohibition Era, during which the sale of liquor was banned in the United States, is often identified with the rise of bootlegging and organized crime. Hollywood movies depicting the Mafia became extremely popular during this period, from around 1920 to 1933.
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment was established in 1918 [1] and became a leading organization working for the repeal of prohibition in the United States.It was the first group created to fight Prohibition, also known as the 18th Amendment.
The photo was being hailed as one of the most significant news images, capturing a powerful moment that illustrates America's racial fault lines. Baton Rouge protests: Photos shine light on fault ...
The claim that a viral photo depicts Democrats storming the U.S. Capitol to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation in 2018 is false.
Caroline Amelia Nation (November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911), often referred to by Carrie, Carry Nation, [1] Carrie A. Nation, or Hatchet Granny, [2] [3] was an American who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition.