Killed for flirting: how reprisal against a black man changed the United States

On August 28, 1955, two white men killed 14-year-old black teenager Emmett Till after brutal torture, and threw his body into the river. According to the official version, one of them avenged a minor for flirting with his wife. Lynching in Mississippi led to widespread public outcry. It is believed that it was with the murder of Till that the mass movement against racial discrimination in the United States began. Among other things, the tragedy shaped the worldview of one of the most prominent athletes of the 20th century, Mohammed Ali.

Комментарии

Отправить комментарий

Популярные сообщения из этого блога

The court determined a preventive measure to the son of the ex-prime minister of Georgia

Изображение
On August 4, the Tbilisi city court issued a preventive measure to the son of the former Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Zhvania, Bessarion Zhvania, and awarded him detention. The defense at the meeting demanded his release on bail in the amount of 50,000 lari, which the court did not agree with. According to the prosecutor's office of Georgia, Bessarion (Busa) Zhvania is accused of trying to intentionally kill the grandson of Georgian businessman Gogi Topadze Levan Topadze. In the house of the latter, which the prosecutor's office recognized as injured, Busa Zhvania stabbed Levan Topadze several times, as a result of which he is still in serious condition, in intensive care, after several operations. Busa Zhvania himself received minor injuries, but the Topadze family suspects that the defendant himself inflicted these injuries. Bessarion Zhvania did not exercise the right to speak at the court hearing. Georgian media, citing eyewitnesses, reported that the fight between frien...
Далее...

WHO: the number of detected cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the world exceeded 9.6 million

Изображение
The number of confirmed cases of infection with a new type of coronavirus infection in the world reached 9,653,048, 491,128 deaths were recorded. This was reported on June 27 in a report by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to WHO, over the past day, 179,316 new infections were detected in the world, COVID-19 people died from complications caused by 6866. The largest number of reported cases of coronavirus infection was recorded in the USA 2,407,590 (+ 40,526 detected facts per day), in Brazil 1,228,114 (+ 39,483), in Russia 627,646 (+ 6852), in India 508,953 (+ 18,552) and in the UK 309,364 (+ 1380). In addition, the number of detected infected in Peru 268,602 (+ 3,913) and in Chile 263,360 (+ 4,296) is steadily increasing. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the list of countries by the number of deaths from COVID-19 has been headed by the United States 124,161 people (+ 2516 per day), Brazil - 54,971 (+ 1141), Great Britain 43,414 (+ 184), Italy 34,708 (+ 30), France 2...
Далее...

Charter flights to be allocated for those wishing to return from Turkey to Azerbaijan

Изображение
On the allocation of charter flights for those wishing to return from Turkey to Azerbaijan due to the suspension of communication between the countries due to the threat of coronavirus with reference to information provided at the operational headquarters under the Government of Azerbaijan, RIA Novosti reported on March 15. Information on the mechanism for returning persons who wish to return to Azerbaijan will be provided on 15 March. Returned citizens from Turkey will be examined and if there is a n...
Далее...