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v. t. e. Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States in Olympia, [1] Washington, [2] and the greater Pacific Northwest, [3] and has expanded to at least 26 other countries. [4] A subcultural movement that combines feminism, punk music, and politics, [5] it is often associated ...
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot, and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department , it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967, in ...
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.
Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley (born 1988), [1] also known as the QAnon Shaman, [2] Q Shaman, [1] [3] and Yellowstone Wolf, [4] [5] is an American far-right conspiracy theorist, rioter, [6] and convicted felon who participated in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, [7] [8] for which he was convicted after a guilty plea [9] on charges of ...
500+ protestors 100+ other civilians 152 police officers. The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August ...
An advisory committee to Minneapolis Public Schools unanimously approved a name-change process for the school, which was named after the early American Revolutionary figure, Patrick Henry, who also owned slaves. The 2022 name-change decision was a contrast to a pre-George Floyd renaming effort that failed in 2018.
The murder of George Floyd, a Black American man, by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, sparked large-scale protests against systemic racism, both in the United States and elsewhere. As a result of the protests, numerous controversial forms of symbolism were either changed or removed.
Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 [1] by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni. The original lineup featured Rhoads and Garni with lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow and drummer Drew Forsyth, though that version of the band was mired in turmoil that would eventually see Garni fired for making death ...