Henry Wolf (engraver)
Henry Wolf (1852–1916) was a French-born wood engraver who lived and worked in the United States during his most influential work period and until his death.
Jeanette Wohl
Jeanette Wohl (October 16, 1783, Frankfurt am Main – November 27, 1861, Paris) was a longtime friend and correspondent of Ludwig Börne. She inherited the rights to his literary works after his death and edited his works. She is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Death Wish (1974 film)
Death Wish is a 1974 American vigilante action film, loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield. The film was directed by Michael Winner and stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, an architect who becomes a vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted during a home invasion. It was the first of the Death Wish film franchise.
Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi is a 1990 television film which dramatized the last weeks of civil rights activists Michael "Mickey" Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, and the events leading up to their disappearance and subsequent murder during Freedom Summer in 1964. It starred Tom Hulce as Schwerner, Jennifer Grey as his wife Rita, Blair Underwood as Chaney, and Josh Charles as Goodman. Hulce received a nomination for Best Actor in a TV Miniseries at the 1990 Golden Globes.
Equal pay for equal work
Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labor rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay. It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the gender pay gap. Equal pay relates to the full range of payments and benefits, including basic pay, non-salary payments, bonuses and allowances. Some countries have moved faster than others in addressing the problem. Since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, it has been illegal in the United States to pay men and women working in the same place different salaries for similar work.
Constitutional Convention (United States)
In September 1786, at the Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. The subsequent Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, convening in the Old Pennsylvania State House (then becoming known as Independence Hall) on May 14, 1787. Rhode Island, fearing that the Convention would work to its disadvantage, boycotted the Convention and, when the Constitution was put to the states during the next year of controversial debates, initially refused to ratify it, waiting until May 1790 to become the thirteenth, a year after the new federal government commenced.
Zagreb Pride
Zagreb Pride is the LGBT pride march in the city of Zagreb, capital of Croatia, with first taking place in 2002. Zagreb Pride is the first successful pride march that took place in Southeast Europe, and has become an annual event. Zagreb Pride members claim their work is inspired by the Stonewall Riots and Gay Liberation Front.
Merle Dixon
Merle Dixon is a fictional character from the horror drama television series The Walking Dead, which airs on AMC in the United States. He was created by series developer Frank Darabont and portrayed by Michael Rooker. The character was first introduced in the first season as a Southern redneck hunter who has a younger brother, Daryl. He is misogynistic and racist, which causes tensions between him and his group of survivors. Following an encounter with series protagonist Rick Grimes, Merle disappears and joins the community of Woodbury, Georgia, where he becomes the right - hand man of The Governor. He becomes caught in the conflict between the Governor and Rick, especially when nobody in Rick's group wants him in the group, except for Daryl.
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror is a lecture and book written by Michael Ignatieff as part of the Gifford Lectures. In it, Ignatieff considers the question of how, in a liberal democracy, it is possible to balance the legitimate rights of innocent citizens against the state's need to combat terrorism.
Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli
Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1675 in Florence, Italy – 18 November 1744 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was an Italian sculptor and architect. Born in Italy, he moved in 1716 to Russia, where he worked until his death. His most famous works include the Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's Castle) and a wax figure and several busts of Peter the Great. His son Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli became a prominent architect in Russia.
Monroe v. Pape
Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that considered the application of federal civil rights law to constitutional violations by city employees. The case was significant because it held that 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a statutory provision from 1871, could be used to sue state officers who violated a plaintiff's constitutional rights. § 1983 had previously been a relatively obscure and little - used statute, but since Monroe it has become a central part of United States civil rights law.
Right-to-work law
Alabama (adopted 1953, Constitution 2016) Arizona (Constitution, State Constitution Article 25 approved 1946) (adopted 1944) Arkansas (Constitution, 1947, Amendment 34) Florida (Constitution, 1944, revised 1968, Article 1, Section 6) Georgia (adopted 1947) Idaho (adopted 1985) Indiana (State law, 2012) Iowa (adopted 1947) Kansas (Constitution, 1958, Article 15, Section 12) Kentucky (adopted 2017) Louisiana (adopted 1976) Michigan (State law, 2012) Mississippi (Constitution, adopted 1954) Missouri (adopted 2017) (Postponed by petition to 2018 for citizen voting) Nebraska (Constitution and statute, adopted 1946) Nevada (adopted 1951) North Carolina (adopted 1947) North Dakota (adopted 1947) Oklahoma (Constitution, adopted 2001) South Carolina (adopted 1954) South Dakota (adopted 1946) Tennessee (adopted 1947) Texas (adopted 1947, revised 1993) Utah (adopted 1955) Virginia (adopted 1947) West Virginia (adopted 2016) (Went into effect September 2017 due to lower court injunctions) Wisconsin (adopted 2015) Wyoming (adopted 1963)
Pretty Little Liars
Janel Parrish portrays Mona Vanderwaal, the original and first ``A ''. She is the person who stalked Alison before her disappearance, and did this as revenge for Alison crowning her`` Rosewood's biggest loser''. After Alison disappeared she became best friends with Hanna Marin and they transformed themselves into the most popular girls at school, taking Alison's place. In the season two finale she is exposed as ``A ''and sent to Radley Sanitarium, where she is visited by CeCe Drake (Charlotte), who takes Mona's place in the`` A'' game. In Season 3, she continues working as ``A ''and by the end of the season is kicked off the`` A'' team and becomes a victim of ``A ''along with the other girls. In Season 4 she helps the girls out with their investigations of the new`` A''. In season 5 she creates an army so as not to be intimidated by Alison's return. Later in the season, she fakes her own death to ferret out ``A ''but is kidnapped by`` A'' and imprisoned in ``A '''s dollhouse. After the time jump, Mona is working for Veronica Hastings' rival for State Senator, and is revealed to be Charlotte Drake's killer.
Fanny Sundström
Fanny Sundström (1883, Sund, Åland – 1944) was a teacher, politician and women's right activist on the Åland Islands, Finland. After becoming a primary school teacher, she took an active part in the "Martha Movement" (sv. "Marthaföreningen") and worked for social improvements.
Celâl Bayar
Bayar was pardoned in 1966. Full political rights were restored to him in 1974, but he declined an invitation to become a life member of the Senate, on the grounds that one can represent the people only if elected. He died on 22 August 1986 in Istanbul at the age of 103 after a brief illness. From 24 April 1978, when former Paraguay President Federico Chávez died, until his own death Bayar was the world's oldest living former head of state.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner murder investigation in Mississippi. The film stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents assigned to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi. The investigation is met with hostility by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan.
The Good Place
Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop, a deceased saleswoman from Arizona who entered an afterlife utopia called ``The Good Place ''seemingly after being mistaken for a human rights lawyer by the same name. With the aid of her alleged soulmate, Chidi, she attempts to reform by learning about ethics, believing she still has a chance to earn a legitimate spot in The Good Place. Now that Eleanor knows about Michael's experiments and the memory wipes, Eleanor became the de facto leader in the group`` Team Cockroach'' after she makes a truce with Michael to keep Shawn from finding out about the reboots in exchange for helping the humans get to the Real Good Place.
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker. The script by Chris Gerolmo is loosely based on the 1964 Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner murder investigation in Mississippi. The film stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents assigned to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi. The investigation is met with hostility and backlash by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Johnnie Carr
Johnnie Rebecca Daniels Carr (January 26, 1911 – February 22, 2008) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from 1955 until her death.
Merle Dixon
Merle Dixon is a fictional character from the horror drama television series The Walking Dead, which airs on AMC in the United States and is based on the comic book series of the same name. He was created by series developer Frank Darabont and portrayed by Michael Rooker. The character was first introduced in the first season as a Southern redneck hunter who has a younger brother, Daryl. He is misogynistic and racist, which causes tensions between him and his group of survivors. Following an encounter with series protagonist Rick Grimes, Merle disappears and joins the community of Woodbury, Georgia, where he becomes the right - hand man of the Governor. He becomes caught in the conflict between the Governor and Rick, especially when nobody in Rick's group wants him in the group, except for Daryl.
When did the state where Michael Schwerner died become a right to work state?
Michael Schwerner >> place of death
Mississippi
when did #1 become a right to work state
1954