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171: JFK: His Life and Legacy: ... movement was going in full force with incidents breaking out. Specific attention gathered around a black air force veteran, James Meredith, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. In Cuba both the Bay of Pigs occurred, in which U.S. supported rebels revolted in a poorly laid out plan of events that fell out beneath them, and the Cuban Missile Crisis in which the Soviet Republic were building missile silos in Cuba, 100 miles away from Florida. The Space Race was in full force with both Russia and the U.S. in competition to reach the moon. U.S. involvement in Vietnam ...

172: The Seminole: ... in the area. As a result of the skirmish between the Indians and the Spaniards, he was wounded very badly. He died a little while later at his base in Cuba. (Garbarino 33) In the ensuing 50 years, many others reinforced Spain's claim to Florida. None of the adventurers tried to settle, so they did not take any land away ... people fled to Florida, where the Europeans mispronounce their names. The Europeans called them Seminoles when the word is really simanoli. In 1763, Britain forced Spain to trade Florida for Cuba. (Garbarino 39) In 1783, Florida became Spanish after Great Britain lost the Revolutionary War. The period of peace and prosperity was now over for the Seminoles. The American settlers were ...

173: Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?: ... nearly quoted Hearst exactly: "You supply the prose and poems, I'll supply the war," (Orson Wells, Citizen Kane) as Kane discussed what to telegram back to a man in Cuba. Hearst was very much anti-Spanish dur ing the Cuban revolution, and if not for his efforts, it is probable that the war would not have even been fought. But ... people's fear and hatred of Spain and Japan which, not coincidentally, he had aroused by previous articles in The Examiner and other publications of his about Spanish atrocities in Cuba and the "yellow menace" of Japan (Swanberg 122, 352) Hearst threw money away as though to him it literally grew on trees. A man with an income of fifteen million ...

174: JFK: His Life And Legacy: ... movement was going in full force with incidents breaking out. Specific attention gathered around a black air force veteran, James Meredith, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. In Cuba both the Bay of Pigs occurred, in which U.S. supported rebels revolted in a poorly laid out plan of events that fell out beneath them, and the Cuban Missile Crisis in which the Soviet Republic were building missile silos in Cuba, 100 miles away from Florida. The Space Race was in full force with both Russia and the U.S. in competition to reach the moon. U.S. involvement in Vietnam ...

175: A Nation of Immigrants: An Overview of the Economic and Political Conditions: ... Asian workers were recruited for labor from China and Japan. The United States victory in The Spanish-American war had granted the United States annexation Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba. Many people from these countries immigrated into the United States mainland. The actions that were taken by the government had an influence on racial and ethnic relations. One action that ... United States received many new Asian immigrants from China, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. These Asians generally migrated to the United States in hope for better opportunities. Many immigrants from Cuba arrived after Fidel Castro came to power. Most of the Cubans were considered political refuges and were accepted by the U.S. government. During this time many Haitian refugees came ...

176: The Contenders: ... President Polk as minister to Great Britain in 1853. As such, he, along with the American ministers to Spain and France, issued the Ostend Manifesto, which recommended the annexation of Cuba to the United States. This endeared him to southerners, who assumed Cuba would be a slave state. He was one of several northerners supported over the years by southern Democrats for being amenable to slaveholders' interests, a situation originating with Martin van ...

177: ASSATA Shakur: ... sentenced her to life plus 33 years in prison. Fear of becoming murdered in prison, Assata was liberated from prison, aided by committed comrades. Today, Assata is in excile in Cuba, involved in the student's right movement, and the movement to end the war in Vietnam. In January of 1998, during the pope's visit to Cuba, Assata had an interview with NBC journalist Ralph Penza about her letter to the Pope, in relation to the New Jersey State police. The NY police had wanted to distort ...

178: Christianity In The New World: ... the Indians. He was born in Seville in August 1474, and he first went to the New World in 1502. He became a priest and participated in the acquiring of Cuba. He received land and slaves as a reward for his contribution. In 1514 he experienced a radical change of heart and came to feel that the native population had been ... a culture worthy of respect. Las Casas writes about the treatment of the Indians upon being subjected to the Spanish Christians. He accompanied the Spanish entourage on the occupation of Cuba. In this venture he accompanied the expedition in the office of clerico. He stated that one of the chief cares of this office was when they halted in any town ...

179: Who is God?: ... salve trade, the Yoruba Africans worked to keep there own conception of region intact. "Even under slavery, and under post slavery persecution in the late nineteenth century, the Yoruba of Cuba and Brazil managed to maintain sporadic but precious contact with Africa through networks of friends and traders. They sought the sacred cowries, seeds, and beads of Africa for their religion ... that anything from a empty room to a plate of food can be an alter, an altar is just a place that you realize and express your believe. From Afro-Cuba Yoruba painting their doors red for the god of thunder to the Afro-Brazilian Yoruba Altar of a bow-tried tree the Yoruba religion survived through slavery. Unfortunately the Yoruba ...

180: Christianity: ... the Indians. He was born in Seville in August 1474, and he first went to the New World in 1502. He became a priest and participated in the acquiring of Cuba. He received land and slaves as a reward for his contribution. In 1514 he experienced a radical change of heart and came to feel that the native population had been ... culture worthy of respect.11 Las Casas writes about the treatment of the Indians upon being subjected to the Spanish Christians. He accompanied the Spanish entourage on the occupation of Cuba. In this venture he accompanied the expedition in the office of Clerico. He stated that one of the chief cares of this office was when they halted in any town ...

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