The Springbok Tour 1981

They were also arrested. (Auerbach 1688) That's all it took for this riot to come into play, a few people unhappy about the way the police handled the situation. The next thing you know its a few thousand unhappy people.

Exposition IV: An Appalachian Spring, is a performance of various musicians within Virginia Tech’s School of Performing Arts. The event took place at Moss Arts Center in the Anne and Ellen Fife theater, with musicians stationed on stage and on the side balconies. A different instrument section played each segment of the performance, including: horn ensemble, string ensemble, bassoonists, percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, the Linux Laptop Orchestra, Kinect sensor and computer, and male and female choirs. This exposition was held in order to benefit the performing arts scholarship program at Virginia Tech, but it seemed that the performance had the goal of showing off the individual ensemble’s talents, and, in the end, combining those talents.

“That nigger is spitting on our floors, get his ass out of here!” were the harsh words that onlookers shouted from the stands to the players and game officials. I cannot believe that people can be so mean to other people simply based on their skin color. Anyway, Martinsville high school was punished and sporting events were banned at the high school for the next year ("Showing Martinsville in Indiana,”1997-2010).

Each time police and firemen got control of the situation, the building was set on fire again. The National Guard eventually pushed the marchers back with tear gas and bayonets as the marchers threw stones; many arrests were again made on this day. (8) On May 3rd, the Kent State campus was filled with Ohio National Guardsmen. James Rhodes, the Ohio governor arrived in Kent and called the protestors, "the worst type of people we harbor in America," and stating that every force of law would be used to deal with them. (9) Rhodes also indicated that he would seek a court order declaring a state of emergency. A crowd gathered later that night and the Ohio Riot Act was read to them. The students were protesting the Guardsmen being on campus by blocking the streets. When they were promised that they would be able to talk to Major Satrom and Kent State president Robert White about this situation the students moved off the streets. Once they moved, the Guardsmen immediately began use tear gas to break up the crowd, breaking the promise. (10)

Those fans were the leaders of the Rabbitohs infamous supporter group called ‘The Burrow’, and consequently had their

Black merchants began to supply food to those in jail. Home owners put up property for bail money.The City’s head black lawyer headed up the defense. The court found the students guilty of disorderly conduct. John Lewis refused to pay the $50 fine and chose 33 days in the city workhouse. Most of the other students joined him in jail. They thought it was like a badge of honor spending time in jail. The black parents stopped spending their money at the downtown retail merchants. They hoped the boycott would put pressure on the Mayor to change the rules. The sit ins had spread to 69 cities and over 2,000 had been arrested. The boycott was organized nationwide for stores that discriminated. The boycotts had economic problems with the chain stores. It was encouraged that all people who were interested in democracy boycott the

Earlier in the weekend, university officials banned all protests and assemblies on campus. Students ignored this ruling and began congregating around eleven AM for the scheduled twelve noon protest. When the protest began, a Kent State police officer patrolled the campus with several guardsmen in a jeep announcing that the protest was illegal and everyone must leave the campus immediately. In response to this dispersion call, the students became violent, throwing rocks and attacking the jeep. The general in charge of the guardsmen in Kent, General Canterbury, ordered the guardsmen to arm themselves and fire tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. As the crowd of

Around midnight some trouble started when drunken bikers left a bar and started to throw beer bottles at cars. They broke windows in the downtown area, one a bank window that set off an alarm. The news spread and several bars closed early to avoid trouble. Soon more people joined the vandalism and looting, while others stood by and watched. A crowd of about 100 had gathered by the time the police got there. They appeared to be a mix of bikers, students and out-of-town kids who often came to Kent's bars. Some of them began throwing bottles at the police and the crowd shouted obscenities, it took about an hour for the police to restore order.

What we learn from this excerpt about the protestors is that they were everyday blue collar workers that were provoked by the occupation of the British army in their colony and the crippling tax policies imposed on them. Most protestors were hardworking young men who demonstrated their aggression because of the crushing pressure of the British presence at the shipyard and ports. Another thing we learn is that the colonist on the following Friday before March 5 took their anger out and started a confrontation with British soldiers. The main reason for protest was the Stamp Act, which was a tax imposed on all paper documents and the Townshend Act, which imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. The protestors just wanted their

Everyone has their own memories of that certain game or great play. Sometimes the memories are different even when it was the same game. Special memories are often repeated, especially ones from the Sunshine Tournament played in St. George every year like. “that day, the Binks kid—I think it was Aaron—who hit the ball out of the park, into and then out of the school bus!” Few remember the exact details.

Tensions seem to be running at an all time high as the Ipperwash Crisis took a turn for the worse on Wednesday, September 6th, 1995. Members of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation gathered in Ontario's Ipperwash Provincial Park to peacefully protest against the federal government's unjust possession of Stoney Point Reserve. Violence and confusion erupted as armed Ontario Provincial Police showed up to the scene, resulting in the death of protester Dudley George. He was shot by Sergeant Ken Deane, who claimed that George was pointing a firearm towards his officers during an altercation between the protesters and the police.

The NSW freedom rides occurred in 1965 from the 12th of February to the 26th February starting in Sydney, travelling through inland NSW and finishing in Sydney. The Freedom Rides were lead by Kumantjayi (Charles) Perkins who was a member of the SAFA (Student Action for Aborigines) club in the University of Sydney. The activists were concerned with the: Aboriginal living and health issues; aboriginal people being made to live on reserves out of town; local authorities denying Aboriginal people to facilities (hotels, club, swimming pools, service in shops, and equal treatment in cinemas); the ways in which rural communities discriminated against Aboriginal people. The Activists impacted upon the opinions of individual people, the public and of the government by raising public awareness, recognising Charles Perkins as a national figure and by providing support for the 1967 Referendum.

As for an invitee the owner must maintain the premises in a reasonability safe condition under the circumstances. The owner of the stadium could have prevented this type of situation from happening. Like some baseball stadiums they have small nets up along the first base line. Also as for tickets that states in very small font “fans and spectators should be attentive and aware of potential objects coming into the stands, such as foul balls. “ The owner should have make it more clearly and large able and not put it on a ticket. Most fans do not look at the ticket after they get into the stadium. The owner breach the duty and caused

The Springboks were seen as the whites’ team. The blacks hated and rooted against the Springboks, who had fourteen white players and just one black player (30 for 30). They would cheer when the opponents would beat or hurt the Springboks, because in their eyes they saw the people oppressing them being beat. However, Nelson Mandela decided to embrace the Springbok team and use them as an opportunity to bring the nation together. Mandela put on the Springbok hat at a rally in Soweto, endorsed the Springboks, and asked the black South Africans to support them too (Lodge 212). The blacks met the speech with boos, skepticism, and anger. Black South Africans hated rugby, and the Springbok logo was one directly associated with apartheid oppression (Carlin 192). Nelson Mandela was a very calculated political leader, and he understood that the black South Africans would be reluctant of accepting the Springboks. However, he also understood the impact of sports and that an entire nation rooting for their national team would bring the country together. South Africa was a very fragile nation at the time, and if things at the World Cup went wrong, it could have backfired. Mandela’s plan relied on both the whites and blacks

But as Nelson fought for having a rainbow nation through the rugby, colour people started to change their minds and support their country as they didnt do before. They lea rned to play the sport; they waved the Spring Boks flag and the South African one and also shared the passion for the game with all the African population.